UNDERNEWS: What Americans accept. . . and don't

July 1, 2016

What Americans accept. . . and don't

Gallup asked: Regardless of whether you think it should be legal, for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe that it is morally acceptable or morally wrong.

Highly acceptable
	2016
	%
Birth control	89
Largely acceptable
Divorce	72
Sex between an unmarried man and woman	67
Gambling	67
Having a baby outside of marriage	62
Medical research using stem cells obtained from human embryos	60
Gay or lesbian relations	60
The death penalty	59
Buying and wearing clothing made of animal fur	59
Contentious
Medical testing on animals	53
Doctor-assisted suicide	53
Abortion	43
Largely unacceptable
Sex between teenagers	37
Pornography	34
Cloning animals	34
Highly unacceptable
Suicide	18
Polygamy	14
Cloning humans	13
Married men and women having an affair	10
		Gallup, May 4-8

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