Views about size of government among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases by views about size of government
% of adults who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases who would rather have…
Religious tradition | Smaller government; fewer services | Bigger government; more services | Depends | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 39% | 52% | 3% | 5% | 228 |
Catholic | 44% | 50% | 3% | 4% | 3,463 |
Evangelical Protestant | 53% | 41% | 3% | 3% | 2,735 |
Hindu | 46% | 50% | 4% | < 1% | 143 |
Historically Black Protestant | 23% | 71% | 3% | 3% | 1,010 |
Jewish | 37% | 56% | 4% | 3% | 734 |
Mainline Protestant | 54% | 38% | 4% | 4% | 3,816 |
Mormon | 51% | 43% | 3% | 3% | 171 |
Muslim | 26% | 72% | 1% | < 1% | 131 |
Orthodox Christian | 50% | 48% | 2% | < 1% | 102 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 47% | 47% | 3% | 3% | 5,823 |
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