Religious Groups' Official Positions on Abortion

Religious Groups' Official Positions on Abortion

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life compiled a fact sheet of the following religious groups' official positions on abortion:

  • American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A
  • Buddhism
  • Catholicism
  • Episcopal Church
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod 
  • Mormonism
  • National Association of Evangelicals
  • National Council of Churches
  • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  • Southern Baptist Convention
  • Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
  • United Church of Christ
  • United Methodist Church

Read the full report Religious Groups' Official Positions on Abortion on the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Web site.