Iowa: Over 60% support legal abortion as state Supreme Court considers restrictions

A majority of Iowans believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.

Sixty-one percent of Iowa adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 35% say the procedure should be illegal in most or all cases. …

The Iowa Poll has measured Iowans’ views of abortion seven times since 2008. The percentage of Iowans supporting legal abortion has risen or remained the same in all but one poll, in March 2020, climbing from a low of 48% in September 2008 to its peak in October and now. CONTINUED

Katie Akin, Des Moines Register [via Yahoo]


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