Growing share of Americans see the Supreme Court as ‘friendly’ toward religion
There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.
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There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
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.
A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances.
Most U.S. adults say that they expect to go back to attending religious services in person as often as they did before the outbreak.
White evangelical Protestants are slightly less positive about the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now than in March.
Like U.S. adults overall, the majority of U.S. Catholics say abortion should be legal – at least in some cases.
Only 10 states are preventing in-person religious gatherings in any form, according to our analysis of recent state-level regulations.
77% of white evangelicals say they are at least somewhat confident that the president is doing a good job responding to the outbreak.
Who should be given priority if some hospitals do not have enough ventilators for all patients who need help breathing?
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