Support abortion legal in all or most cases, by religious group
Percent of U.S. adults, 2025 (in percent)
Key finding
Highest: Unitarian Universalists (89%). Lowest: Jehovah's Witnesses (21%).
- Unitarian Universalists: 89%
- Jewish Americans: 80%
- Buddhists: 79%
Source: Public Religion Research Institute, Flipping the Script: Most Religious Americans Support Legal Access to Abortion · PRRI 2025 American Values Atlas. Article published 2026-07-22.
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What does this statistic show?
Highest: Unitarian Universalists (89%). Lowest: Jehovah's Witnesses (21%). Unitarian Universalists: 89%. Jewish Americans: 80%. Buddhists: 79%.
Who published this data?
Public Religion Research Institute, 2025. Source: Public Religion Research Institute, Flipping the Script: Most Religious Americans Support Legal Access to Abortion (https://prri.org/spotlight/flipping-the-script-most-religious-americans-support-legal-access-to-abortion/).
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