Nearly one year after Florida’s Supreme Court cleared the way for the Heartbeat Protection Act to take effect, 64% of Florida voters support the law, according to a new poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy.  The law is fully described in the survey question as follows:    Florida’s current abortion law prohibits abortions once the fetal heartbeat is detected or after six weeks of pregnancy. Exceptions to this are cases of rape, incest and human trafficking up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. Furthermore, abortions are permitted at any time in the pregnancy if two physicians certify in writing that an abortion is necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious and permanent health problem.

According to the survey, 64% of Florida voters expressed support for the law as reasonable restrictions on abortion, while only 36% oppose it.  The survey also found that of the supporters, those who say they “strongly agree” with the law outnumbered those who “somewhat agree” with it by nearly a two-to-one margin.  Meanwhile, those who oppose the law are more mixed in their opposition with only 17% saying that they “strongly disagree” with it, while 19% say that they “somewhat disagree.”

The survey also found majority support for the law in all regions of Florida, among both men and women, and among older voters and younger voters.

“A strong majority of Floridians agree that the Heartbeat Protection Act provides reasonable restrictions on abortion,” said Sara Johnson, Statewide Director of Florida Voters Against Extremism.  “What’s most heartening is that this strong support for Florida’s law comes after the abortion industry spent over one hundred million dollars lying about it in their ill-fated effort to pass Amendment 4, their extreme abortion amendment.”

This poll was conducted for Florida Voters Against Extremism, which led the “Vote No on 4 Campaign” by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. from March 11 through March 15, 2025. A total of 625 registered voters statewide were interviewed, with a margin for error of ± 4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.  Mason-Dixon’s summary of the findings can be found online here.