Birth Control | Divorce | Sex outside of marriage | Stem cell research | Gambling | The death penalty | Buying and wearing animal fur | Having a baby out of wedlock | Gay or lesbian relationships | Medical Testing on Animals | Doctor Assisted Suicide | Abortion | Cloning Animals | Pornography | Sex between teenagers | Suicide | Polygamy | Cloning Humans | Extramarital Affairs | |
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Percent of Americans that believe ... is/are morally acceptable | 90 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 52 | 42 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
Sources:
gallup.com
Humans are moral beings; our morality defines our beliefs, guides our behavior, and rationalizes our actions. But what, exactly, do Americans believe to be morally acceptable? A recent Gallup poll asked Americans to declare the moral permissibility of 19 different activities. Of those morally ambiguous actions, the use of birth control was the most acceptable moral choice.