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% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who say the holy scripture is…

StateWord of God; should be taken literallyWord of God; not everything taken literallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample size
Alabama39%26%1%27%8%194
Alaska12%18%1%60%9%191
Arizona13%29%< 1%48%11%337
Arkansas28%30%2%33%7%122
California14%20%1%57%8%2,288
Colorado10%19%< 1%61%10%311
Connecticut14%27%1%50%8%262
Delaware13%23%1%54%8%176
District of Columbia20%19%2%53%7%223
Florida20%24%2%47%7%1,153
Georgia30%27%1%37%5%469
Hawaii15%24%< 1%54%6%213
Idaho16%16%1%59%8%154
Illinois16%26%2%50%7%760
Indiana21%23%3%45%8%301
Iowa14%30%1%48%8%164
Kansas21%33%1%37%7%148
Kentucky24%23%3%46%4%164
Louisiana31%23%1%41%5%190
Maine12%15%1%62%10%199
Maryland18%27%2%45%8%424
Massachusetts8%19%2%63%7%524
Michigan18%30%1%45%6%537
Minnesota9%22%1%57%11%303
Mississippi37%30%4%26%4%110
Missouri17%28%2%43%11%305
Montana9%27%3%50%11%169
Nebraska18%31%3%41%7%144
Nevada17%23%< 1%55%5%198
New Hampshire5%23%1%60%10%195
New Jersey15%26%2%49%7%539
New Mexico17%22%3%52%6%173
New York16%21%1%53%8%1,287
North Carolina22%27%2%41%8%525
North Dakota15%33%2%46%4%157
Ohio21%27%1%44%8%558
Oklahoma22%33%1%39%5%192
Oregon13%23%1%53%9%266
Pennsylvania16%23%1%52%7%713
Rhode Island8%28%< 1%61%3%198
South Carolina36%27%1%30%5%219
South Dakota21%35%2%33%9%149
Tennessee34%24%3%32%7%267
Texas24%25%2%42%7%1,164
Utah15%24%< 1%55%6%140
Vermont7%17%1%69%6%218
Virginia26%22%2%43%7%502
Washington9%22%2%60%6%437
West Virginia26%25%4%37%8%118
Wisconsin16%27%1%51%5%311
Wyoming18%23%2%48%9%151
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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