Interpreting scripture among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who say the holy scripture is…
Views about human evolution | 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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Evolved; due to natural processes | 6% | 13% | < 1% | 74% | 6% | 9,387 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 21% | 39% | 2% | 30% | 8% | 4,641 |
Evolved; don't know how | 8% | 19% | 3% | 47% | 23% | 883 |
Always existed in present form | 40% | 31% | 2% | 20% | 6% | 3,802 |
Don't know | 26% | 22% | 7% | 26% | 18% | 499 |
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