Views about abortion among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by views about abortion

% of who say common sense is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who say abortion should be…

Religious denominationLegal in all/most casesIllegal in all/most casesDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA60%39%1%210
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints47%50%3%155
Churches of Christ43%52%4%161
Episcopal Church81%16%3%249
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)70%28%1%317
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)47%49%4%265
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod55%42%4%184
National Baptist Convention67%28%5%176
Nondenominational evangelical37%61%2%131
Nothing in particular (religion important)59%35%5%1,127
Nothing in particular (religion not important)76%21%3%1,810
Presbyterian Church (USA)77%20%3%165
Southern Baptist Convention47%48%5%543
United Church of Christ77%21%2%119
United Methodist Church64%31%5%745
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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