Recent polls show that a majority of Americans say abortion should be legal, and a new Pew Research survey of 11,044 Americans is no exception. The survey shows that 61% of respondents say abortion should be legal in most or all cases.
of 11,044 Americans, released Friday, shows that 61% of respondents say abortion should be legal in most or all cases — little changed from 1995 when 60% said the same.
White evangelicals are also far more likely than other religious groups to say life begins at conception, the survey found. An overwhelming number of white evangelicals say the assertion that the fetus is a person with rights reflects their beliefs “extremely well” or “somewhat well.” “They’re both highly religious groups,” Besheer Mohamed, a senior researcher at Pew Research, said, referring to white evangelicals and Black Protestants. “But their views on abortion are very different.”
issued Thursday from the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding finds that 75% of American Jews and 56% of American Muslims believe abortion should remain legal. “The wider society may think Muslims are less supportive of legalized abortion, but that’s clearly not the case from this data,” said Meira Neggaz, executive director of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.
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