Parent of children under 18 among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by parental status

% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Buddhist21%79%227
Catholic29%71%3,452
Evangelical Protestant30%70%2,727
Hindu32%68%143
Historically Black Protestant32%68%1,006
Jewish24%76%733
Mainline Protestant25%75%3,806
Mormon37%63%170
Muslim36%64%131
Orthodox Christian29%71%102
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")25%75%5,805
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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