Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be illegal in all/most cases by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be illegal in all/most cases by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be illegal in all/most cases who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God81%1%16%< 1%2%346
Churches of Christ62%3%31%3%1%297
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)64%2%30%2%1%542
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)73%3%22%1%1%100
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod56%4%36%3%1%239
Nondenominational charismatic80%2%16%2%< 1%137
Nondenominational evangelical80%4%14%1%1%518
Southern Baptist Convention70%3%23%2%2%1,214
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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