New Iowa Poll shows most Iowans oppose Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” law

DES MOINES — A newly-released Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows the majority of Iowans oppose the state’s new “fetal heartbeat” law.

The poll shows 59% of Iowans do not approve of the new restrictions, with 37% being in favor of the new law and 5% being not sure. The poll of 811 Iowans was conducted by Selzer & Company from September 8th through the 11th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

It’s the first Iowa Poll taken on the issue since the state’s six-week ban went into effect on July 29th.

The poll found widespread disapproval of the new law among many groups of Iowans, including 91% of Democrats, 88% of suburban women, 78% of those who identify with no religious group and 71% of all suburban adults.

Among the half-dozen demographic groups likely to favor the six-week ban are 67% of Republicans, 58% of evangelicals, 54% of fathers of children younger than 18, as well as 50% of the residents of the northwest Iowa-based 4th Congressional District, married men, and white men with college degrees.