Alabama abortion ban was deeply unpopular in 2018, previously unreleased polling shows

Less than a third of Alabamians indicated last year that they approved of the provisions of the abortion ban passed by the state Legislature earlier this week and signed by Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday, according to polling conducted on behalf of Planned Parenthood’s southeast affiliates. …

Anzalone Liszt Grove Research, a Montgomery-based Democratic polling firm whose clients have included Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, sent a memo Wednesday to “interested parties” pointing out the results of the 2018 survey following the passage of the abortion ban this week.

“Polling conducted by ALG Research for Planned Parent Southeast last year showed that banning abortion without exceptions for rape and incest is overwhelmingly a minority position among Alabama voters,” the firm said in its memo, which AL.com obtained Friday from Atlanta-based Planned Parenthood Southeast. CONT.

Howard Koplowitz, al.com