Views about abortion among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by views about abortion

% of adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week who say abortion should be…

Religious traditionLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
Buddhist85%15%< 1%166
Catholic42%52%5%4,173
Evangelical Protestant29%68%4%6,541
Historically Black Protestant50%45%6%1,423
Jehovah's Witness14%77%9%203
Jewish71%25%4%320
Mainline Protestant56%39%5%3,532
Mormon24%74%2%545
Muslim50%39%11%152
Orthodox Christian48%51%1%103
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")71%24%5%3,048
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