Views about abortion among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by views about abortion

% of adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week who say abortion should be…

Religious denominationLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA47%47%6%318
Assemblies of God21%76%3%381
Church of God in Christ30%62%8%129
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints22%75%2%528
Churches of Christ33%63%4%366
Episcopal Church79%19%2%277
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)62%36%2%389
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)27%69%3%595
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)39%56%5%154
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod39%59%3%300
National Baptist Convention55%38%7%372
Nondenominational charismatic22%78%1%159
Nondenominational evangelical18%81%1%534
Nothing in particular (religion important)54%40%6%1,044
Nothing in particular (religion not important)78%17%5%1,092
Presbyterian Church (USA)60%36%5%280
Presbyterian Church in America43%47%10%102
Seventh-day Adventist42%55%3%135
Southern Baptist Convention28%69%4%1,455
United Church of Christ75%22%3%126
United Methodist Church52%43%5%1,033
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