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

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

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA25%7%59%8%1%232
Episcopal Church14%18%55%9%4%396
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)24%9%57%8%2%424
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)24%19%49%7%2%102
Presbyterian Church (USA)26%14%48%9%3%284
United Church of Christ14%14%60%10%2%168
United Methodist Church29%10%52%7%2%944
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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