The following table displays Americans' self-identification as "pro-choice" or "pro-life" on abortion, according to various demographic and political subgroups, based on the May 2018 and 2019 Values and Beliefs polls.

Americans' Self-Identified Position on Abortion, 2019 With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life? "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

Americans' Self-Identified Position on Abortion, 2018 With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be "pro-choice" or "pro-life"? "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.