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Americans' support for abortion continues to vary sharply by trimester and by the reason for the procedure.

In the wake of key decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, the public's approval of its job remains little changed overall but with record-high division among partisans.

Forty percent of Americans approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, unchanged from the record low measured last fall.

While social liberals and social conservatives differ in their views of most moral issues, abortion and gay/lesbian relations are the most divisive.

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.

Thirty-eight percent of Americans say they are conservative on social issues, the highest Gallup has measured since 2012.

Americans' trust in the judicial branch has sunk further in the past year, and the Supreme Court's job approval rating is tied for the low in Gallup's trend.

Americans' identification as "pro-choice" or "pro-life" on abortion is provided here in tabular form, with breakouts by key population subgroups.

Americans' views on the legality and morality of abortion haven't changed in the past year. Most say abortion should be legal, but many of these favor limits.

Americans' political predispositions vary significantly by their underlying religious identity, providing an important way to understand the 2020 election.