"Pro-Choice" or "Pro-Life," 2018-2020 Demographic Tables

The following tables display Americans' self-identification as "pro-choice" or "pro-life" on abortion, according to various demographic and political subgroups. The annual results for 2018 to 2020 are based on Gallup's Values and Beliefs poll, conducted each May.

	"Pro-choice"	"Pro-life"	No opinion^	Number of interviews
	%	%	%	n
U.S. adults	48	46	6	1,028
Gender
Men	43	51	6	537
Women	53	41	6	491
Age I
18 to 29	61	34	5	132
30 to 49	42	52	6	259
50 to 64	48	46	6	279
65 and older	47	48	5	339
Age II
18 to 34	53	43	4	201
35 to 54	46	46	8	272
55 and older	47	47	6	536
Education I
No college	35	55	9	204
Some college	49	46	4	358
College graduate only	61	38	2	264
Postgraduate	64	31	5	196
Education II
Total college graduate	62	35	3	460
Not college graduate	41	51	7	562
Yearly household income
Less than $40,000	41	49	10	268
$40,000 to $99,999	46	51	2	380
$100,000 or more	62	35	2	290
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White Americans	48	46	6	760
Hispanic or non-White Americans	50	43	6	246
Ideology
Conservative	19	77	4	365
Moderate	54	38	8	398
Liberal	78	17	5	249
Party ID
Republican	29	68	3	321
Independent	44	48	8	369
Democratic	72	24	4	319
Leaned party ID
Republican/Lean Republican	30	66	4	476
Democrat/Lean Democratic	68	27	4	480
Attend religious services
Weekly	23	71	6	269
Nearly weekly/Monthly	49	47	4	210
Seldom/Never	61	34	6	523
Region
East	49	44	6	210
Midwest	48	44	7	217
South	44	50	7	354
West	55	43	2	247
^ No opinion includes "Mixed," "Other" and "Don't know"
Gallup, May 1-13, 2020

	"Pro-choice"	"Pro-life"	No opinion^	Number of interviews
	%	%	%	n
Gender
Men	48	46	6	529
Women	43	51	6	480
Age I
18 to 29	62	33	5	144
30 to 49	44	51	5	263
50 to 64	41	54	6	279
65 and older	37	56	7	302
Age II
18 to 34	58	38	4	206
35 to 54	42	52	6	287
55 and older	39	55	6	495
Education I
No college	35	58	7	235
Some college	45	50	5	339
College graduate only	57	38	5	255
Postgraduate	58	35	7	176
Education II
Total college graduate	57	37	6	431
Not college graduate	40	55	6	574
Yearly household income
Less than $40,000	34	59	7	248
$40,000 to $99,999	48	48	4	401
$100,000 or more	59	38	3	276
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	45	50	5	728
Total Hispanic or nonwhite	46	48	7	260
Ideology
Conservative	24	71	5	391
Moderate	49	46	5	341
Liberal	76	19	5	252
Party ID
Republican	21	75	5	340
Independent	48	44	8	352
Democratic	68	29	4	299
Leaned party ID
Republican/Lean Republican	27	68	5	484
Democrat/Lean Democratic	66	30	5	437
Attend religious services
Weekly	20	72	8	260
Nearly weekly/Monthly	37	58	5	256
Seldom/Never	62	33	5	488
Region
East	52	41	8	212
Midwest	50	48	2	212
South	36	56	7	345
West	50	45	4	240
^ No opinion includes "Mixed," "Other" and "Don't know"
Gallup, May 1-12, 2019

	"Pro-choice"	"Pro-life"	No opinion*	Number of interviews
	%	%	%	n
U.S. adults	48	48	5	1,024
Gender
Men	47	49	3	552
Women	48	47	4	472
Age I
18 to 29	56	38	6	166
30 to 49	51	45	4	275
50 to 64	39	57	3	264
65 and older	44	52	4	307
Age II
18 to 34	55	40	5	235
35 to 54	45	50	5	284
55 and older	44	52	3	493
Education I
Postgraduate	66	30	3	206
College graduate only	58	39	2	238
Some college	41	55	5	315
No college	41	53	6	256
Education II
Total college graduate	62	35	3	444
Not college graduate	41	54	5	571
Yearly household income
$75,000 or more	55	42	2	410
$30,000 to $74,999	48	47	4	364
Less than $30,000	36	59	5	153
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	47	50	3	753
Total Hispanic/Nonwhite	48	44	8	244
Ideology
Conservative	24	70	5	383
Moderate	52	44	4	360
Liberal	77	21	2	257
Party ID
Republican	23	74	2	303
Independent	47	47	6	423
Democrat	71	25	4	282
Leaned party ID
Republican/Lean Republican	29	69	2	475
Democrat/Lean Democratic	70	26	4	444
Religion
Protestant/Christian	40	56	4	531
Catholic	40	55	6	200
None/Atheist/Agnostic	77	19	3	165
Attend religious services
Weekly	20	75	5	222
Nearly weekly/Monthly	40	56	4	284
Seldom/Never	62	33	4	512
Region
East	53	41	6	193
Midwest	42	55	3	213
South	41	53	6	362
West	58	40	2	256
* No opinion includes Mixed/Other responses
Gallup, May 1-10, 2018

Gallup measures Americans' attitudes on abortion each May as part of its Values and Beliefs poll -- one of 12 surveys that make up the Gallup Poll Social Series.

The full trend on this question among U.S. adults is available on the Gallup Abortion A-Z page.

Explore Gallup's curated archive of data and analysis on abortion on the Abortion Topics page.