Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
State | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 37% | 5% | 51% | 6% | 1% | 194 |
Alaska | 11% | 9% | 59% | 16% | 5% | 191 |
Arizona | 17% | 13% | 53% | 14% | 3% | 337 |
Arkansas | 31% | 8% | 52% | 9% | < 1% | 122 |
California | 14% | 18% | 52% | 13% | 3% | 2,288 |
Colorado | 15% | 23% | 50% | 11% | 1% | 311 |
Connecticut | 13% | 17% | 59% | 10% | 2% | 262 |
Delaware | 19% | 9% | 62% | 9% | 2% | 176 |
District of Columbia | 19% | 18% | 47% | 13% | 3% | 223 |
Florida | 18% | 13% | 56% | 11% | 2% | 1,153 |
Georgia | 29% | 13% | 48% | 9% | 2% | 469 |
Hawaii | 13% | 15% | 58% | 12% | 2% | 213 |
Idaho | 11% | 10% | 67% | 10% | 2% | 154 |
Illinois | 15% | 14% | 54% | 14% | 2% | 760 |
Indiana | 16% | 10% | 58% | 14% | 2% | 301 |
Iowa | 20% | 15% | 57% | 6% | 3% | 164 |
Kansas | 20% | 15% | 52% | 10% | 3% | 148 |
Kentucky | 25% | 17% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 164 |
Louisiana | 25% | 14% | 51% | 8% | 1% | 190 |
Maine | 9% | 13% | 64% | 11% | 2% | 199 |
Maryland | 23% | 9% | 51% | 15% | 2% | 424 |
Massachusetts | 11% | 12% | 57% | 19% | 2% | 524 |
Michigan | 19% | 10% | 57% | 12% | 2% | 537 |
Minnesota | 10% | 16% | 59% | 12% | 3% | 303 |
Mississippi | 25% | 13% | 45% | 14% | 3% | 110 |
Missouri | 18% | 12% | 57% | 10% | 2% | 305 |
Montana | 11% | 13% | 61% | 13% | 1% | 169 |
Nebraska | 17% | 17% | 53% | 12% | 1% | 144 |
Nevada | 14% | 13% | 58% | 15% | 1% | 198 |
New Hampshire | 6% | 17% | 64% | 12% | 1% | 195 |
New Jersey | 19% | 11% | 57% | 11% | 2% | 539 |
New Mexico | 23% | 13% | 44% | 15% | 5% | 173 |
New York | 15% | 16% | 57% | 10% | 3% | 1,287 |
North Carolina | 27% | 11% | 50% | 11% | 1% | 525 |
North Dakota | 21% | 8% | 55% | 12% | 3% | 157 |
Ohio | 17% | 14% | 57% | 11% | 1% | 558 |
Oklahoma | 20% | 13% | 54% | 10% | 3% | 192 |
Oregon | 17% | 15% | 51% | 15% | 2% | 266 |
Pennsylvania | 17% | 12% | 53% | 15% | 1% | 713 |
Rhode Island | 15% | 12% | 58% | 13% | 2% | 198 |
South Carolina | 32% | 13% | 42% | 9% | 5% | 219 |
South Dakota | 20% | 13% | 55% | 10% | 1% | 149 |
Tennessee | 28% | 10% | 54% | 5% | 3% | 267 |
Texas | 24% | 13% | 49% | 13% | 2% | 1,164 |
Utah | 18% | 15% | 56% | 11% | 1% | 140 |
Vermont | 7% | 18% | 60% | 14% | 1% | 218 |
Virginia | 24% | 13% | 48% | 11% | 4% | 502 |
Washington | 9% | 18% | 56% | 15% | 2% | 437 |
West Virginia | 35% | 9% | 50% | 5% | 1% | 118 |
Wisconsin | 19% | 16% | 51% | 11% | 3% | 311 |
Wyoming | 19% | 16% | 47% | 13% | 5% | 151 |
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