What the data says about abortion in the U.S.
The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there have been slight upticks in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
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The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there have been slight upticks in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
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.
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.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
White evangelical Protestants are slightly less positive about the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now than in March.
As the pandemic continues, a growing share of Americans say they are regularly wearing a face covering in stores and other businesses.
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.
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