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% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who say the holy scripture is…
State | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 39% | 26% | 1% | 27% | 8% | 194 |
Alaska | 12% | 18% | 1% | 60% | 9% | 191 |
Arizona | 13% | 29% | < 1% | 48% | 11% | 337 |
Arkansas | 28% | 30% | 2% | 33% | 7% | 122 |
California | 14% | 20% | 1% | 57% | 8% | 2,288 |
Colorado | 10% | 19% | < 1% | 61% | 10% | 311 |
Connecticut | 14% | 27% | 1% | 50% | 8% | 262 |
Delaware | 13% | 23% | 1% | 54% | 8% | 176 |
District of Columbia | 20% | 19% | 2% | 53% | 7% | 223 |
Florida | 20% | 24% | 2% | 47% | 7% | 1,153 |
Georgia | 30% | 27% | 1% | 37% | 5% | 469 |
Hawaii | 15% | 24% | < 1% | 54% | 6% | 213 |
Idaho | 16% | 16% | 1% | 59% | 8% | 154 |
Illinois | 16% | 26% | 2% | 50% | 7% | 760 |
Indiana | 21% | 23% | 3% | 45% | 8% | 301 |
Iowa | 14% | 30% | 1% | 48% | 8% | 164 |
Kansas | 21% | 33% | 1% | 37% | 7% | 148 |
Kentucky | 24% | 23% | 3% | 46% | 4% | 164 |
Louisiana | 31% | 23% | 1% | 41% | 5% | 190 |
Maine | 12% | 15% | 1% | 62% | 10% | 199 |
Maryland | 18% | 27% | 2% | 45% | 8% | 424 |
Massachusetts | 8% | 19% | 2% | 63% | 7% | 524 |
Michigan | 18% | 30% | 1% | 45% | 6% | 537 |
Minnesota | 9% | 22% | 1% | 57% | 11% | 303 |
Mississippi | 37% | 30% | 4% | 26% | 4% | 110 |
Missouri | 17% | 28% | 2% | 43% | 11% | 305 |
Montana | 9% | 27% | 3% | 50% | 11% | 169 |
Nebraska | 18% | 31% | 3% | 41% | 7% | 144 |
Nevada | 17% | 23% | < 1% | 55% | 5% | 198 |
New Hampshire | 5% | 23% | 1% | 60% | 10% | 195 |
New Jersey | 15% | 26% | 2% | 49% | 7% | 539 |
New Mexico | 17% | 22% | 3% | 52% | 6% | 173 |
New York | 16% | 21% | 1% | 53% | 8% | 1,287 |
North Carolina | 22% | 27% | 2% | 41% | 8% | 525 |
North Dakota | 15% | 33% | 2% | 46% | 4% | 157 |
Ohio | 21% | 27% | 1% | 44% | 8% | 558 |
Oklahoma | 22% | 33% | 1% | 39% | 5% | 192 |
Oregon | 13% | 23% | 1% | 53% | 9% | 266 |
Pennsylvania | 16% | 23% | 1% | 52% | 7% | 713 |
Rhode Island | 8% | 28% | < 1% | 61% | 3% | 198 |
South Carolina | 36% | 27% | 1% | 30% | 5% | 219 |
South Dakota | 21% | 35% | 2% | 33% | 9% | 149 |
Tennessee | 34% | 24% | 3% | 32% | 7% | 267 |
Texas | 24% | 25% | 2% | 42% | 7% | 1,164 |
Utah | 15% | 24% | < 1% | 55% | 6% | 140 |
Vermont | 7% | 17% | 1% | 69% | 6% | 218 |
Virginia | 26% | 22% | 2% | 43% | 7% | 502 |
Washington | 9% | 22% | 2% | 60% | 6% | 437 |
West Virginia | 26% | 25% | 4% | 37% | 8% | 118 |
Wisconsin | 16% | 27% | 1% | 51% | 5% | 311 |
Wyoming | 18% | 23% | 2% | 48% | 9% | 151 |
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