Views about abortion among women by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among women by views about abortion

% of women who say abortion should be…

Religious traditionLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
Buddhist83%17%< 1%126
Catholic49%47%5%3,776
Evangelical Protestant34%62%3%4,532
Historically Black Protestant51%43%6%1,098
Jehovah's Witness16%77%7%158
Jewish83%13%3%419
Mainline Protestant62%34%4%3,305
Mormon28%69%2%317
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")76%21%3%3,085
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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