Views about abortion among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong by views about abortion

% of adults who say that there are clear standards for what is right and wrong who say abortion should be…

Religious denominationLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA41%58%1%152
Assemblies of God20%78%2%263
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints14%84%2%374
Churches of Christ26%72%2%243
Episcopal Church70%28%2%146
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)52%46%3%209
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)22%76%2%432
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)31%65%4%101
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod32%65%3%219
National Baptist Convention61%36%3%143
Nondenominational charismatic19%80%1%101
Nondenominational evangelical13%85%2%470
Nothing in particular (religion important)51%44%5%555
Nothing in particular (religion not important)69%27%4%561
Presbyterian Church (USA)56%39%5%136
Southern Baptist Convention23%74%3%989
United Methodist Church46%51%3%623
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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