According to a survey carried out in 2020 by the Pew Research Centre in India, Sikhs were among the leading religious groups that believed in abortions being illegal in all or most cases. By contrast, only 46 percent of Buddhists shared the same sentiment towards abortions in India.
Public opinion on abortion laws in India in 2020, by religion
22,975 Hindus, 3,336 Muslims, 1,782 Sikhs, 1,011 Christians, 719 Buddhists, 109 Jains and 67 respondents who belong to another religion or are religiously unaffiliated
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Pew Research Center. (March 2, 2022). Public opinion on abortion laws in India in 2020, by religion [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1302388/india-public-opinion-on-abortion-laws/
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