How views on abortion have shifted for some religious groups A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute studied how views on abortion among U.S. adults have shifted since 2024, and how those beliefs are broken down across religious groups. As RNS national reporter Aleja Hertzler-McCain reports, most religious groups had majority support for legal abortion: Unitarian Universalists (89%), religiously unaffiliated people (82%), Jews (80%), Buddhists (79%), Hindus (78%), Black Protestants (70%), white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants (65%), Hispanic Catholics (62%), white Catholics (57%) and Muslims (54%). However, both white Catholics and white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants have demonstrated a small swing toward an anti-abortion position since 2024. Three religious groups that indicated abortion should be illegal in all or most cases — white evangelical Protestants (72%), Latter-day saints (69%) and Hispanic Protestants (58%) — all supported President Donald Trump in 2024. Only one other group, Jehovah’s Witnesses, had a majority say abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. Top Stories | (RNS) — In a survey conducted throughout much of 2025, 57% of white Catholics said abortion should be legal in all or most cases — down from 62% in 2024. |
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