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Leaving aside whether or not you think abortion should be legal, are you morally opposed to abortion or not, or would you say it depends?
Moral opposition to abortion · Asked in 3 waves, 2018–2025 · 4,648 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Answers from the 2022 GSS Next follow-on (Sep 2022) are a separate poll: a web-only survey of people who had finished the 2022 GSS interview, so mode and timing differ from the other years. Answers from the 2024 GSS Next follow-on (Aug 2025) are a separate poll: a web-only survey of people who had finished the 2024 GSS interview, so mode and timing differ from the other years.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2022).
| Group | Morally opposed | It depends | Not morally opposed | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 23% | 41% | 36% | 1065 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024: GSS Next follow-on | 2025-08-20 to 2025-10-21 | web | 1,065 | 1,065 |
| General Social Survey 2022: GSS Next follow-on | 2022-09-22 to 2022-11-30 | web | 1,235 | 1,235 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 2,348 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| ±5 |
| Less than high school † | 24% | 60% | 16% | 65 | ±18 |
| High school | 20% | 53% | 27% | 207 | ±11 |
| Some college | 27% | 36% | 37% | 297 | ±8 |
| Bachelor's | 20% | 32% | 47% | 279 | ±8 |
| Postgraduate | 25% | 29% | 45% | 216 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2024: GSS Next follow-on · US adults 18+ who completed the 2024 GSS interview and then this web follow-on (weighted to the adult population). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.