Views on abortion U.S. 2022

White Protestants who are not evangelical, Black Protestants, and Catholics tend to be less opposed to legal abortion than White evangelicals, but they are also less supportive of it than religiously unaffiliated individuals. Across religious groups, most respondents indicated that they do not see the issue of abortion in black and white. Respondents were most likely to say that abortion should be legal in some circumstances and illegal in others.

Views on legality of abortion in the United States in 2022, by religious affiliation

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

March 7-13, 2022

Number of respondents

10,441 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

U.S. adults

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

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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