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Reviewing existing polling on Latin American and U.S. opinions regarding abortion and LGBT rights

Panel: Contrasting The Struggle for Marriage Equality and Abortion Rights

October 30, 2015

Nancy Belden

Washington, DC

Latin Americans’ moral views on homosexuality (2013)

49% 32% 44% 45% 18% 36% 32% 27% 51% 39% 32% 70% 40% 49% 20% 9% 14% 13% 9% 15% 12%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile El Salvador Mexico Venezuela Morally acceptable Morally unacceptable Not a moral issue

Do you personally believe that homosexuality is morally acceptable, morally unacceptable, or is it not a moral issue? [Source: Pew Global Attitudes Project, spring 2013, based on face-to-face interviews, samples ranging from 792 to 1,000.]

Latin Americans’ moral views on abortion (2013)

16% 6% 7% 15% 2% 16% 8% 56% 82% 79% 64% 85% 63% 77% 11% 4% 9% 9% 3% 12% 6%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile El Salvador Mexico Venezuela Morally acceptable Morally unacceptable Not a moral issue

Do you personally believe that having an abortion is morally acceptable, morally unacceptable, or is it not a moral issue? [Source: Pew Global Attitudes Project, spring 2013, based on face-to-face interviews, samples ranging from 792 to 1,000.]

Latin Americans’ approval of abortion and homosexuality (2013)

49% 32% 44% 45% 18% 36% 32% 16% 6% 7% 15% 2% 16% 8%

0% 20% 40% 60% Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile El Salvador Mexico Venezuela Homosexuality acceptable Abortion acceptable

Do you personally believe that [having an abortion / homosexuality] is morally acceptable, morally unacceptable, or is it not a moral issue? [Source: Pew Global Attitudes Project, spring 2013, based on face-to- face interviews, samples ranging from 792 to 1,000.]

Percent saying homosexuality is ‘never justifiable’ by country

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 Mexico Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela United States

Please tell me for each of the following actions whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between: Homosexuality. [Source: World Values Survey, various years, based on face-to-face interviews (in rare cases, based on online surveys), N=varies.]

Percent saying abortion is ‘never justifiable’ by country

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 Mexico Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Peru Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela United States

Please tell me for each of the following actions whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between: Abortion. [Source: World Values Survey, various years, based on face-to-face interviews (in rare cases, based on online surveys), N=varies.]

U.S. support for gay marriage and legal abortion

27% 35% 42% 44% 53% 60% 33% 27% 24% 24% 26% 29%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1995 1999 2004 2010 2013 2015 Gay marriage should be valid Abortion should be legal in any circumstances

• Do you think abortions should be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances, or

illegal in all circumstances?

• Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid,

with the same rights as traditional marriages? (Wording thru 2005: “Do you think marriages between homosexuals…”) [Source: Gallup, various years, based on telephone interviews, N=approx. 1,000.]

Percent of U.S. saying ‘sometimes’ or ‘always justifiable’

33% 43% 50% 69% 62% 75% 56% 65% 63% 69% 71% 74%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1984 1991 1995 1999 2006 2013 Homosexuality Abortion

Please tell me for each of the following actions whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified,

• r something in between: Homosexuality, Abortion. [Source: World Values Survey, various years, N=approx.

1,500.]

Percent of Mexicans saying ‘sometimes’ or ‘always justifiable’

28% 45% 47% 43% 62% 59% 35% 59% 42% 29% 43% 38%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1981 1990 1996 2000 2005 2012 Homosexuality Abortion

Please tell me for each of the following actions whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between: Homosexuality, Abortion. [Source: World Values Survey, various years, based on face-to-face interviews, N=approx. 1,500.]

Mexicans’ views on homosexuality

72% 54% 51% 48% 32% 39% 21% 39% 43% 33% 50% 48% 7% 6% 4% 10% 12% 11% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1981 1990 1996 2000 2005 2012

Never justifiable Something in between Always

Please tell me for each of the following actions whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between: Homosexuality. [Source: World Values Survey, various years, based

• n face-to-face interviews, N=approx. 1,500.]

Mexicans’ views on abortion

64% 39% 54% 67% 52% 62% 29% 51% 39% 24% 37% 31% 6% 8% 3% 5% 6% 7% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1981 1990 1996 2000 2005 2012

Never justifiable Something in between Always

Please tell me for each of the following actions whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between: Abortion. [Source: World Values Survey, various years, based on face- to-face interviews, N=approx. 1,500.]

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