Political ideology among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases by political ideology

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

Religious traditionConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
Catholic48%31%17%4%3,387
Evangelical Protestant66%22%8%5%5,525
Historically Black Protestant43%27%21%8%774
Jehovah's Witness22%15%10%53%185
Mainline Protestant53%31%10%6%1,975
Mormon72%23%3%2%474
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")30%34%25%11%1,453
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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