More than half of white non-evangelical Protestants, black Protestants, Catholics, and non-religious respondents felt that abortion should be legal if the pregnancy is the result of rape. Of these groups, the belief in legality was lowest amongst Catholics at 66 percent and highest with non-religious individuals at 87 percent. Only 40 percent of white evangelical Protestants felt that it should be legal in cases of rape, while 34 percent felt that it should be illegal.
Views on legality of abortion if pregnancy is a result of rape in the United States in 2022, by religious affiliation
Figures may not add to subtotals indicated due to rounding. Those who did not answer are not shown.
Although the survey was conducted among Americans of all religious backgrounds, including Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, it did not obtain enough respondents who are religiously affiliated with non-Christian groups to report separately on their responses. Small subgroups of Christians are unable to be analyzed separately for the same reason.
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