An Oct. 28-31 Des Moines Register poll shows U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris with a slight lead over former U.S. President Donald Trump in Iowa, a state he won in 2016 and 2020. The trend was driven by a shift among independent women, who now support Harris by a 28-point margin.
Iowa enacted a six-week abortion ban in July, joining 20 other states that have restricted the procedure earlier than the Roe v. Wade viability standard since 2022. The poll shows that these policies could affect the outcome of the election on Nov. 5.
For Foreign Policy, international human rights lawyer Flynn Coleman argues that the pro-natalist agenda taken up by Trump and his allies recalls that of authoritarian societies past—chief among them fascist-led Italy 100 years ago.
Read it here: U.S. Republicans Are Embracing Mussolini’s Motherhood Agenda
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