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

% of conservatives who say abortion should be…

Religious denominationLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA43%51%6%213
Assemblies of God16%81%3%287
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints15%84%1%407
Churches of Christ25%72%3%265
Episcopal Church60%35%5%148
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)39%59%2%214
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)18%78%4%495
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod33%63%3%261
National Baptist Convention54%41%5%159
Nondenominational charismatic16%83%1%109
Nondenominational evangelical7%92%1%442
Nothing in particular (religion important)43%49%7%528
Nothing in particular (religion not important)65%30%5%494
Presbyterian Church (USA)46%46%8%153
Southern Baptist Convention21%75%4%1,214
United Methodist Church41%54%5%724
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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