According to a survey conducted in 2023, 35 percent of Americans said that abortion should be legal in most cases in the United States, while 29 percent said that abortion should be legal in all cases. However, Americans identifying as Unitarian or Universalist were most likely to agree that abortion should be legal in all cases, at 49 percent, followed by 48 percent of Americans who were unaffiliated with any religion. In contrast, Americans who were affiliated with the Latter-day Saints were least likely to share this belief, with only six percent saying that abortion should be legal in all cases as of 2023.
Share of Americans who say that abortion should be legal or illegal in all or most cases in the United States in 2023, by religious affiliation*
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Public Religion Research Institute. (May 1, 2024). Share of Americans who say that abortion should be legal or illegal in all or most cases in the United States in 2023, by religious affiliation* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472149/us-views-on-the-legality-of-abortion-by-religion/
Public Religion Research Institute. "Share of Americans who say that abortion should be legal or illegal in all or most cases in the United States in 2023, by religious affiliation*." Chart. May 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472149/us-views-on-the-legality-of-abortion-by-religion/
Public Religion Research Institute. (2024). Share of Americans who say that abortion should be legal or illegal in all or most cases in the United States in 2023, by religious affiliation*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472149/us-views-on-the-legality-of-abortion-by-religion/
Public Religion Research Institute. "Share of Americans Who Say That Abortion Should Be Legal or Illegal in All or Most Cases in The United States in 2023, by Religious Affiliation*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472149/us-views-on-the-legality-of-abortion-by-religion/
Public Religion Research Institute, Share of Americans who say that abortion should be legal or illegal in all or most cases in the United States in 2023, by religious affiliation* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472149/us-views-on-the-legality-of-abortion-by-religion/ (last visited April 29, 2025)
Share of Americans who say that abortion should be legal or illegal in all or most cases in the United States in 2023, by religious affiliation* [Graph], Public Religion Research Institute, May 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1472149/us-views-on-the-legality-of-abortion-by-religion/
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