We believe all people should have access to safe, legal abortion.
Abortion is safe, legal, and protected in Minnesota state law. Since the Dobbs ruling in June 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion, Minnesota has taken significant measures to protect and expand access to abortion.
In January 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed the Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act into law, becoming the first state to codify reproductive freedom in state statue after the fall of Roe. The law guarantees the fundamental right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion.
In addition to the passage of the PRO Act, reproductive freedom champions in the legislature passed other critical measures to protect sexual and reproductive health care, patients, and providers including
- additional protection for the rights to contraception, fertility services, and maternity care.
- the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act: a law that protects patients and providers from legal action against reproductive health care. It prevents out-of-state subpoena enforcement and safeguards patient health records from being accessed by another states' restrictive laws.
- legislation repealing unnecessary abortion restrictions including a mandated 24-hour waiting period, parental notification requirements for minors, mandated counseling, and limitations on who can provide abortion services.
- Trans Refuge Bill: a law that ensures individuals seeking gender-affirming care in Minnesota are protected from legal action from other restrictive states.
The historic progress made for reproductive freedom has elevated Minnesota as a beacon of access to sexual and reproductive care for people across the region and across the country.
Yet regardless of the incredible progress made to protect care, any federal legislation restricting or banning abortion care would supersede this state law.
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Ongoing threats
Politicians obsessed with banning abortion at the state and federal level continue their attacks on care. They have been emboldened by the overturning of Roe v. Wade, passing unpopular abortion bans and restrictions in states across the country. Here in Minnesota, politicians continue to try to undo any progress made for reproductive freedom like introducing "Born-Alive" legislation that targets abortion providers and could interfere with critical health care options. Additionally, a federal lawsuit filed in late 2024 seeks to nullify Minnesota's laws protecting access to abortion, arguing they violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Under a second Trump administration, expected attacks on abortion loom, including the ongoing threat to restrict access to mifepristone, one of the two medications used in medication abortion.
And the relentless attacks continue despite the fact that nearly 8 in 10 Americans support Planned Parenthood and a growing number of Americans support access to safe, legal abortion. The support has reached historic highs following the Dobbs decision and the consequences of 19 states banning abortion become clear.
We are committed to fighting these efforts on every level. From courthouses to statehouses to Capitol Hill to the grassroots—we work to protect access to reproductive health care through education of elected officials, litigation, and mobilization of activists, donors, supporters, and patients.
Planned Parenthood is proud to provide expert, high quality care—including abortion—and to ensure that patients receive accurate information about all of their options in a judgement-free setting in order to make their own, fully informed health care decisions.