A Pew Research Center survey of 18 Latin American countries and Puerto Rico asked people whether eight specific behaviors — including homosexual behavior and having an abortion — are morally wrong. Even though Catholic Church teaching forbids some of these behaviors, Protestants across the region are more likely than Catholics to see many of them as morally unacceptable.

Abortion Alcohol Contraception Divorce Homosexual behavior Prostitution Sex outside marriage Suicide

% saying __ is morally wrong 0-24% 25-49% 50-74% > 74% Catholics Protestants of Catholics in … say abortion is morally wrong was not included in the survey of Protestants in … say abortion is morally wrong was not included in the survey Mouseover a country to see the values for both religions

Abortion: Clear majorities across the region view abortion as morally wrong. In many countries, Protestants are more likely than Catholics to hold this view.

Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 64 11 10 16 79 2 6 13 Bolivia 86 3 4 7 93 1 3 3 Brazil 80 2 7 10 88 1 2 9 Chile 57 8 16 20 78 7 7 8 Colombia 82 5 4 10 90 3 2 5 Costa Rica 82 4 4 10 88 2 4 5 Dominican Republic 90 2 2 5 96 1 2 1 Ecuador 84 2 8 6 95 2 3 1 El Salvador 95 1 3 1 93 1 3 3 Guatemala 94 1 1 4 98 1 1 1 Honduras 95 2 1 1 96 2 1 1 Mexico 71 9 11 9 78 5 5 12 Nicaragua 87 3 4 6 94 1 2 3 Panama 89 4 3 4 91 4 5 0 Paraguay 96 * 1 3 96 0 2 2 Peru 85 3 5 7 91 1 2 6 Puerto Rico 73 3 9 16 80 2 7 11 Uruguay 49 19 17 15 68 9 7 15 Venezuela 84 5 5 6 95 0 3 2 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 22 41 29 8 49 25 19 7 Bolivia 59 12 20 9 85 2 10 3 Brazil 47 27 21 5 74 8 13 4 Chile 15 21 51 13 43 17 30 10 Colombia 50 29 13 8 76 13 7 4 Costa Rica 60 15 22 3 77 8 11 3 Dominican Republic 63 22 13 1 85 7 7 2 Ecuador 61 13 20 6 89 4 6 1 El Salvador 84 8 7 1 91 4 5 * Guatemala 89 6 3 1 96 1 2 1 Honduras 89 6 4 * 93 4 2 1 Mexico 49 21 24 6 68 12 12 9 Nicaragua 83 8 6 2 94 2 3 * Panama 75 13 10 2 87 9 4 * Paraguay 57 20 19 5 73 11 14 2 Peru 55 15 23 7 83 3 11 3 Puerto Rico 34 24 35 6 55 13 27 5 Uruguay 33 34 26 7 49 26 19 6 Venezuela 44 32 20 4 81 6 10 3 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 10 67 19 5 15 66 16 2 Bolivia 24 48 18 10 38 35 16 11 Brazil 16 60 16 8 22 62 11 5 Chile 5 53 35 6 23 38 27 13 Colombia 13 72 11 4 25 59 10 5 Costa Rica 22 57 18 3 20 61 16 3 Dominican Republic 18 68 10 4 30 58 8 4 Ecuador 23 55 17 5 35 40 17 8 El Salvador 46 38 11 4 48 39 8 5 Guatemala 52 35 9 4 50 35 9 5 Honduras 46 43 10 2 47 42 8 3 Mexico 28 49 17 5 36 46 14 5 Nicaragua 24 62 11 3 30 55 11 4 Panama 39 49 9 3 44 45 9 1 Paraguay 28 59 9 5 39 50 4 7 Peru 23 46 24 7 39 39 16 6 Puerto Rico 17 49 27 6 16 51 27 7 Uruguay 6 67 24 3 7 73 18 2 Venezuela 8 78 10 4 20 66 6 7 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 16 52 23 9 27 38 22 12 Bolivia 47 26 18 9 58 18 14 9 Brazil 17 54 18 11 39 39 9 14 Chile 10 49 32 9 26 32 26 16 Colombia 30 46 14 9 49 27 13 11 Costa Rica 34 37 22 6 38 36 18 8 Dominican Republic 27 53 15 6 45 40 10 4 Ecuador 37 37 18 8 64 17 13 7 El Salvador 51 30 10 8 61 23 9 7 Guatemala 69 17 8 7 74 17 4 5 Honduras 59 32 7 2 61 29 7 3 Mexico 32 45 16 7 49 31 7 13 Nicaragua 38 43 13 6 53 31 10 6 Panama 51 36 6 7 70 21 4 5 Paraguay 27 51 8 14 51 32 8 9 Peru 39 29 21 10 67 16 10 8 Puerto Rico 22 40 25 13 23 37 26 14 Uruguay 12 54 29 5 26 48 20 6 Venezuela 22 59 11 8 52 31 7 11 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 45 27 20 9 65 13 13 10 Bolivia 71 9 11 9 83 3 6 8 Brazil 57 16 20 8 83 7 7 3 Chile 37 18 29 16 70 9 13 8 Colombia 65 18 9 8 85 8 5 2 Costa Rica 66 14 15 6 83 6 9 2 Dominican Republic 79 10 8 2 94 4 2 1 Ecuador 77 5 11 7 91 1 5 2 El Salvador 86 6 6 3 91 4 5 * Guatemala 89 4 4 2 93 2 4 1 Honduras 83 7 8 1 94 2 3 1 Mexico 55 21 17 7 77 12 8 4 Nicaragua 78 10 7 4 92 4 3 1 Panama 81 9 7 3 90 5 5 0 Paraguay 82 10 4 4 88 7 3 2 Peru 71 11 11 6 85 6 3 6 Puerto Rico 56 11 22 11 76 5 13 6 Uruguay 34 33 23 10 63 19 13 5 Venezuela 65 17 11 7 89 4 5 3 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 69 8 13 10 87 2 6 5 Bolivia 85 3 6 6 94 1 3 3 Brazil 85 4 8 3 95 * 3 2 Chile 57 7 20 15 84 5 5 7 Colombia 84 5 4 7 92 2 3 3 Costa Rica 80 5 8 7 91 1 4 3 Dominican Republic 93 3 3 2 96 1 2 1 Ecuador 80 3 10 7 94 2 3 1 El Salvador 94 2 3 1 94 2 3 1 Guatemala 96 2 2 1 97 1 1 * Honduras 92 3 2 2 95 2 1 2 Mexico 71 8 14 7 83 7 3 7 Nicaragua 93 2 3 2 96 1 1 1 Panama 93 3 3 2 91 7 3 0 Paraguay 96 1 2 1 95 3 2 0 Peru 90 3 5 3 90 2 3 5 Puerto Rico 86 2 7 5 90 1 6 2 Uruguay 51 14 20 15 78 7 9 6 Venezuela 88 3 5 4 96 1 2 1 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 22 49 22 7 40 39 16 4 Bolivia 56 18 15 11 74 12 8 7 Brazil 44 29 20 6 76 14 6 4 Chile 18 34 37 12 51 21 18 10 Colombia 40 38 14 9 74 15 8 4 Costa Rica 47 29 19 5 69 21 8 2 Dominican Republic 49 35 13 3 75 16 6 3 Ecuador 60 14 19 8 81 6 11 3 El Salvador 73 17 7 3 80 13 5 2 Guatemala 80 11 4 5 83 9 3 5 Honduras 57 31 9 4 74 18 7 2 Mexico 45 29 18 8 74 10 12 5 Nicaragua 53 31 11 6 75 14 7 4 Panama 49 38 10 3 79 18 1 1 Paraguay 47 41 6 6 60 25 10 5 Peru 52 20 18 9 79 8 6 7 Puerto Rico 41 17 30 12 60 13 19 8 Uruguay 17 51 26 6 45 35 17 4 Venezuela 36 39 19 5 77 13 7 3 Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Catholics Protestants Country % Morally

wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure % Morally wrong % Morally acceptable % Not a moral issue % Unsure Argentina 73 4 16 7 85 1 13 1 Bolivia 91 1 5 3 94 * 5 1 Brazil 89 1 9 1 97 1 2 0 Chile 67 4 19 10 78 2 14 7 Colombia 94 2 3 1 97 1 1 1 Costa Rica 94 2 3 1 95 2 3 * Dominican Republic 98 1 1 * 98 * 2 1 Ecuador 88 1 7 4 96 * 3 1 El Salvador 96 2 2 * 96 1 3 * Guatemala 98 * 1 1 99 * 1 * Honduras 96 1 3 0 97 1 1 0 Mexico 78 4 13 6 80 4 9 7 Nicaragua 98 * 1 1 98 1 1 1 Panama 92 3 3 1 93 3 3 0 Paraguay 98 * 2 * 96 0 4 0 Peru 86 2 9 3 88 1 8 3 Puerto Rico 88 1 8 3 91 1 7 1 Uruguay 67 5 21 8 80 2 11 7 Venezuela 91 1 6 1 97 0 3 0

Source: Pew Research Center survey of 18 Latin American countries and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, based on more than 30,000 face-to-face interviews, conducted between October 2013 and February 2014, in Spanish, Portuguese and Guarani.