Minnesota’s governance is split between pro-choice and anti-choice leadership. The state has imposed a constitutional limit on later abortions, permitting procedures only in cases where the life or health (physical or mental) of the woman is endangered. In these cases, a second physician is required to be in attendance. Minnesota also allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women abortions. Furthermore, Minnesota also subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals via Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws.
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota’s governance is split between pro-choice and anti-choice leadership. The state has imposed a constitutional limit on later abortions, permitting procedures only in cases where the life or health (physical or mental) of the woman is endangered. In these cases, a second physician is required to be in attendance. Minnesota also allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women abortions. Furthermore, Minnesota also subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals via Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws.
In January 2019, Minnesota Representative Tim Miller (R-17A) introduced H 271 legislation to ban abortions upon detection of fetal heartbeat. The bill contains a narrow medical emergency exception, which is defined a condition that “necessitate[s] the immediate abortion of [a] pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay creates a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.”