Views about abortion among men by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among men by views about abortion

% of men who say abortion should be…

Religious denominationLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA46%51%4%190
Assemblies of God24%74%2%197
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints24%73%3%333
Churches of Christ38%59%3%211
Episcopal Church82%17%2%237
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)61%35%4%286
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)33%62%5%409
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod36%60%5%222
National Baptist Convention62%34%4%177
Nondenominational evangelical15%83%3%349
Nothing in particular (religion important)51%42%7%1,074
Nothing in particular (religion not important)72%23%5%1,690
Presbyterian Church (USA)62%32%6%198
Southern Baptist Convention32%65%3%934
United Methodist Church53%43%4%710
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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