Key facts about the abortion debate in America
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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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.
Nine-in-ten American Jews say they think discrimination against Jews has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
More than eight-in-ten people who say the U.S. should be a Christian nation (86%) are themselves Christian.
How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.
The share of Americans who favor same sex marriage has grown in recent years, though there are still demographic and partisan divides.
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
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