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

% of moderates who say abortion should be…

Religious denominationLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA45%52%3%147
Assemblies of God38%62%< 1%106
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints36%60%4%169
Churches of Christ51%46%2%135
Episcopal Church84%14%2%192
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)74%24%2%264
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)48%48%4%207
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod59%39%2%135
National Baptist Convention66%28%6%171
Nondenominational evangelical38%59%3%176
Nothing in particular (religion important)64%33%3%751
Nothing in particular (religion not important)76%21%3%1,062
Presbyterian Church (USA)76%22%2%163
Southern Baptist Convention44%53%3%416
United Methodist Church68%29%4%624
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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