Like Americans overall, Catholics vary in their abortion views, with regular Mass attenders most opposed
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
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About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
46% of Americans report that they’ve been visited by a dead family member in a dream, while 31% report having been visited by dead relatives in some other form.
About a third of U.S. parents with children under 18 say it’s extremely or very important to them that their kids share their religious beliefs.
In 2020, properties in 102 of the 198 countries and territories in the study were targeted in incidents tied to religion.
Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump.
As the nation’s post-Roe chapter begins and the legal battle shifts to the states, here are key facts about Americans’ views on abortion.
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
Seven-in-ten Americans say in vitro fertilization access is a good thing. Just 8% say it is a bad thing, and 22% are unsure.
Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
72% of Americans say taking in civilian refugees should be an important goal for immigration policy in the United States.
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