According to a survey carried out in 2020 by the Pew Research Centre in India, 35 percent of people living in the rural areas felt that abortion should be legal in most or all cases. By contrast, the share of people living in the urban areas shared the same sentiment toward abortion laws was higher.
Public opinion on abortion laws in India in 2020, by area
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 area [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1302401/india-public-opinion-on-abortion-laws-by-area/
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