Minnesota Senate Passes Most Extreme Pro-Abortion Bill in the Nation
After 15 hours worth of heated debate, The Minnesota Senate Early Saturday morning, legislation was passed that guarantees abortion rights. This bill has been called the by pro-life Republicans. “most extreme” The nation.
The Protect Reproductive Options Act (PRO) was passed by the state Senate 34 to 33. This is after Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to amend it 35 times. The bill declares that “everyone has the fundamental right of making autonomous decisions about reproductive issues.” the individual’s own reproductive health.”
Democrats had fast-tracked the legislation in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade – ending federal protections for abortion. Doe v. Gomez in 1995, the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision granting abortion rights, was not binding. Abortion rights activists and Democrats argued that the PRO Act was needed to codify abortion rights in state law.
“What Minnesotans are afraid of is to see, potentially, that what happened at the federal level with our U.S. Supreme Court could eventually, in some future time, happen here in Minnesota,” State Sen. Jennifer McEwen (a Democrat from Duluth) was the bill sponsor. “The decisions of our courts, the upholding of our fundamental human rights, are only as strong as the judges who uphold them.”
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On Friday, Jan. 27, 2023 at the State Capitol in St. Paul (Minnesota), abortion protesters from both sides packed the halls of the Minnesota Senate chamber.
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Pro-lifers and pro-choice protestors flocked to Minnesota’s State Capitol Building to voice their opinions about Friday’s PRO Act.
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The bill’s supporters claim it won’t change Minnesota’s status quo.
“The PRO Act solidifies Minnesotans’ human rights into state law and is an insurance policy that our rights won’t be taken away by politicians or judges,” Dr. Sarah Traxler, chief physician at Planned Parenthood North Central States, said the following:
“All I want, and doctors across Minnesota want, is to provide the best care we can to our patients. And by passing the PRO Act into state law, the Minnesota Legislature will allow us to do just that,” In a statement, she said so.
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The Minnesota Senate approved Saturday a bill that would include broad protections of abortion rights in state statutes. It will make it difficult for future courts not to repeal them.
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Opponents disagree with this argument, arguing that the bill gives women the right to abort until they are born. Republicans attempted to amend it with “guard rails” They would have restricted abortions in the third trimester, but the Democratic majority newly elected blocked their amendments.
“Today we are not just codifying Roe v. Wade or Doe v. Gomez, as the author has indicated, we are enacting the most extreme bill in the country,” During debate, Mark Johnson (Republican Senate Minority Leader), of East Grand Forks.
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Now, the PRO Act is headed to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz will sign the PRO Act. He said that he supports the bill, and would sign it into law.
This report was compiled by the Associated Press.
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