Views about abortion among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by metro area (2014) Switch to: Metro area among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by views about abortion

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who say abortion should be…

Metro areaLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
Atlanta Metro Area81%17%2%146
Boston Metro Area87%12%1%270
Chicago Metro Area83%15%2%353
Dallas/Fort Worth Metro Area73%24%3%179
Detroit Metro Area86%13%1%124
Houston Metro Area76%21%4%171
Los Angeles Metro Area82%14%4%463
Miami Metro Area79%18%3%182
Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area80%18%2%147
New York City Metro Area79%19%2%771
Philadelphia Metro Area87%11%2%306
Phoenix Metro Area76%23%2%136
Providence Metro Area79%17%4%158
Riverside, CA Metro Area81%17%2%115
San Diego Metro Area78%19%3%141
San Francisco Metro Area85%13%2%302
Seattle Metro Area87%11%2%171
Tampa Metro Area81%15%4%123
Washington, DC Metro Area85%13%3%416
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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