Two in Three Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage
Americans' support for legal same-sex marriage continues to increase, with the 67% supporting it in a new Gallup poll establishing a new high.| Gallup.com
Americans' support for legal same-sex marriage continues to increase, with the 67% supporting it in a new Gallup poll establishing a new high.| Gallup.com
Americans are divided in their views of the morality of changing one's gender, with 51% saying it is morally wrong and 46% saying it is morally acceptable.| Gallup.com
Americans' views on abortion remain steady, with most wanting abortion legal with some restrictions. More say they will only vote for like-minded candidates.| Gallup.com
Americans' support for abortion continues to vary sharply by trimester and by the reason for the procedure.| Gallup.com
Americans widely support same-sex marriage and believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, but partisans' views diverge more than ever.| Gallup.com
Nearly six in 10 Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, similar to their stance since 1989. Laws banning abortion after 18 weeks, in the case of fetal disability or once a heartbeat is detected, also spark majority opposition.| Gallup.com
A record-high 47% of U.S. adults think abortion is morally acceptable, while 46% believe it is morally wrong. U.S. adults are also split in their self-identification as "pro-life" or "pro-choice."| Gallup.com
This page provides Gallup's long-term trends on Americans' views about abortion by party identification.| Gallup.com
With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life? Do you think abortions should be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or illegal in all circumstances?| Gallup.com
Americans' perceptions of what is morally acceptable continue to grow more permissive, with their views on several issues the most liberal to date.| Gallup.com
Do you think gay or lesbian relations between consenting adults should or should not be legal? As you may know, there has been considerable discussion in the news regarding the rights of homosexual men and women. In general, do you think homosexuals should or should not have equal rights in terms of job opportunities? Do you feel that homosexuality should be considered an acceptable alternative lifestyle or not?| Gallup.com
Americans widely regard in-vitro fertilization as morally acceptable, but they divide over whether destroying frozen embryos created by IVF is morally acceptable (49%) or wrong (43%).| Gallup.com
Americans remain largely supportive of the legalization of same-sex marriages, and a majority believe gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable.| Gallup.com
More Americans, and particularly Democrats, support abortion rights and identify as "pro-choice" than they did before the Dobbs leak.| Gallup.com
Gallup finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, with the majority of them saying they are bisexual.| Gallup.com
Views on the morality of a variety of practices are largely stable, though fewer say same-sex relations are morally OK and more say the death penalty is.| Gallup.com
Most Americans favor abortion being legal to some degree, and a majority self-identify as "pro-choice."| Gallup.com
Americans are less supportive than two years ago of transgender athletes being allowed to play on sports teams that match their current gender identity.| Gallup.com
Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022.| Gallup.com
Seventy-one percent of Americans say they support legal same-sex marriage, a new high in Gallup's trend.| Gallup.com
U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to grow, now at 70% -- a new high in Gallup's trend dating to 1996.| Gallup.com
Two in three Americans (67%) say marriages between same-sex couples should be legally recognized, matching the previous high Gallup measured in 2018.| Gallup.com
