Heather Edelson Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Establishes Abortion Protections as a State Constitutional Right
Signed by Governor Tim Walz
Title: Establishes Abortion Protections as a State Constitutional Right
Title: Establishes Abortion Protections as a State Constitutional Right
Vote to pass a bill that establishes abortion protections as a state constitutional right.
Establishes Protect Reproductive Options Act (Sec. 1).
Defines “reproductive health care” as “health care offered, arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss, or improving maternal health and birth outcomes. Reproductive health care includes, but is not limited to, contraception;sterilization; preconception care; maternity care; abortion care; family planning and fertility services; and counseling regarding reproductive health care” (Sec. 1).
Establishes that “Every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth, or obtain an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise this fundamental right” (Sec. 1).
Prohibits local governments from limiting such rights (Sec. 1).
Title: Establishes Abortion Protections as a State Constitutional Right