Views about abortion among Catholics by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Catholics by views about abortion
% of Catholics who say abortion should be…
Interpreting scripture | Legal in all/most cases | Illegal in all/most cases | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 34% | 62% | 5% | 1,545 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 44% | 54% | 3% | 2,774 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 31% | 52% | 17% | 205 |
Not the word of God | 68% | 28% | 4% | 2,068 |
Other/don't know | 49% | 39% | 12% | 610 |
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