Modest Warming in U.S. Views on Israel and Palestinians
In recent years, U.S. public opinion has become modestly more positive toward both sides in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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1. Americans’ views on whether, and in what circumstances, abortion should be legal
As the long-running debate over abortion reaches another key moment at the Supreme Court and in state legislatures across the country, a majority of U.S. adults continue to say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. About six-in-ten Americans (61%) say abortion should be legal in “all” or “most” cases, while 37% think abortion should […]
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Patricia Tevington
Patricia Tevington is a Research Associate on Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life research team where she is an expert on conducting surveys examining American religion with a focus on Christianity, spirituality and the religiously unaffiliated. She has worked on several surveys exploring U.S. Catholics and their views toward Pope Francis, religiously unaffiliated Americans, Americans’ views of religious groups, […]
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2. Social and moral considerations on abortion
Relatively few Americans view the morality of abortion in stark terms: Overall, just 7% of all U.S. adults say abortion is morally acceptable in all cases, and 13% say it is morally wrong in all cases. A third say that abortion is morally wrong in most cases, while about a quarter (24%) say it is morally acceptable […]
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Majority of Public Disapproves of Supreme Court’s Decision To Overturn Roe v. Wade
Opinion on the legality of abortion has changed little since before the court’s decision, with 62% now saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
