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Majority of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers support Iowa law restricting abortion [1]

['Robin Opsahl', 'More From Author', '- August']

Date: 2023-08-23

A majority of likely Republican caucusgoers in Iowa approve of the state’s ban of most abortions after six weeks, the most recent Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.

The poll showed 58% of likely Republican caucusgoers said the so-called “fetal heartbeat” law “gets it about right” on the issue of abortion, the Register reported Wednesday. Thirty percent of respondents said the law is too restrictive of the procedure, and 9% said the law imposes too few restrictions.

The law bans most abortions after embryonic cardiac activity is detectable, usually after about six weeks of gestation, with narrow exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.

These poll results show that Iowans who plan to participate in the Republican caucuses on Jan. 15, 2024, do not necessarily share the same beliefs on abortion as the majority of Iowans. The March 2023 Iowa Poll found 61% of Iowans across all political leanings said they believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases.

A temporary injunction on the abortion law was granted July 17, three days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it at the Family Leadership Summit after a legislative special session. The injunction means abortion is still legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. But abortion access advocates and medical providers said if enforced, the new law will outlaw most of the abortion procedures currently performed in Iowa.

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