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Abortion in Minnesota is legal at all stages of pregnancy [1] [2] and is restricted only to standards of good medical practice. [3] [4] The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the Minnesota Constitution conferred a right to an abortion in 1995 and the DFL-led Minnesota Legislature passed and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law a bill in 2023 to recognize a right to reproductive freedom and ...
Performing an illegal abortion is a Class C felony, with imprisonment of 5 to 10 years, and fines of $1,000 to $10,000. ... Abortion is legal in Minnesota at all ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation on Tuesday that codifies abortion rights and protects reproductive care in the state, while opponents have called it one of the most extreme in the nation.
Minnesota has repealed and re-written its abortion laws, making it one of the most loosely regulated states in the union, with no requirement for abortion specialists to render life-saving aid to ...
Mayes that instead of a 15-week ban on abortion passed by the state in 2022, that the state should follow a 1902 law, based on a pre-ratification 1864 law, that disallowed nearly any abortion except in the case of a medical emergency, [138] though the state government repealed the 1902 law in May 2024 to allow the 2022 law to take precedence. [139]
In fact, there are six U.S. states — Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont — that do not restrict when an abortion can be performed prior to birth.
Abortions remain a legally protected right in Minnesota — but it just became a politically hotter issue for this fall’s elections. Legally speaking, Friday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme ...
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a trio of bills into law on Thursday, effectively making the state a sanctuary for abortion and gender-transition surgeries.