Views about abortion among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by views about abortion

% of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who say abortion should be…

Interpreting scriptureLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally41%57%2%118
Word of God; not everything taken literally62%36%2%280
Not the word of God81%16%3%174
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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