In-Depth Look at Mainline Protestant Clergy

Only one-in-ten cite abortion as an important issue. Mainline clergy are divided but lean slightly toward supporting the legality of abortion in all or most cases (51% to 49%). A slim majority of mainline clergy say that abortion should be legal in all (13%) or most cases (38%), while slightly less than half say it should be illegal in most (42%) or all cases (7%). There are remarkable differences on this question between denominations. Most (52%) disagree that sex education programs in public schools should teach “abstinence only” until marriage. Read the study; commentary