Views about abortion among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by views about abortion
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who say abortion should be…
Religious denomination | Legal in all/most cases | Illegal in all/most cases | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 38% | 57% | 6% | 233 |
Assemblies of God | 20% | 79% | 1% | 336 |
Church of God in Christ | 34% | 59% | 7% | 110 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 24% | 72% | 4% | 201 |
Churches of Christ | 31% | 66% | 3% | 249 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 41% | 57% | 2% | 118 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 20% | 77% | 3% | 473 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 36% | 60% | 4% | 190 |
National Baptist Convention | 51% | 43% | 6% | 301 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 18% | 81% | 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 14% | 84% | 2% | 359 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 36% | 58% | 6% | 436 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 24% | 73% | 3% | 1,157 |
United Methodist Church | 40% | 56% | 4% | 393 |
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