Walz signs order to help shield abortion patients, providers
2 years, 5 months ago

Walz signs order to help shield abortion patients, providers

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order meant to protect the state’s abortion services from laws in neighboring states, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending constitutional protections for the procedure. Walz said his action should help shield people seeking or providing abortions in Minnesota from facing legal consequences in other states. The Supreme Court’s opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade immediately halted most abortions in South Dakota and Wisconsin and enacted a trigger law to end abortions in North Dakota after 30 days. The Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, which is North Dakota’s sole abortion provider, plans to move across the river to Minnesota, clinic owner Tammi Kromenaker said Saturday.

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Walz's Smooth Talker Strategy to Unmask GOP's Shifting Abortion Positions
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Walz's Smooth Talker Strategy to Unmask GOP's Shifting Abortion Positions

Associated Press  

In a heated debate on Minnesota Public Radio, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz skillfully countered his Republican opponent, JD Vance, by exposing his shifting positions on abortion rights. Walz reminded Vance that abortion is on the ballot and that the next president and Congress could override any state restrictions. He also pointed out that Trump's previous support for limiting …

In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris Found A Partner To Advocate For Reproductive Rights
4 months, 2 weeks ago

In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris Found A Partner To Advocate For Reproductive Rights

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The makings of a presidential ticket began in an unusual spot six months ago: a Minnesota abortion clinic. But Harris found a partner who has a track record of increasing abortion access in his state and can speak comfortably about his own family’s struggles with infertility. Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and running …

Minnesota providers prepare for influx of patients from Iowa as abortion ban takes effect
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Minnesota providers prepare for influx of patients from Iowa as abortion ban takes effect

LA Times  

Minnesota providers and public officials are preparing to welcome patients traveling from Iowa, where a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect Monday. Sarah Traxler, an ob-gyn based in Minnesota and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood North Central States, said Iowa’s law could have ripple effects throughout the region. Across the country, …

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law
1 year, 1 month ago

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Physicians and the former, sole abortion provider in North Dakota on Tuesday asked a judge to block enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions, saying a provision that allows the procedure to protect a woman’s health is too vague. North Dakota outlaws all abortions, except in cases where women could face death or …

Montana governor signs abortion bills, will sign others
1 year, 7 months ago

Montana governor signs abortion bills, will sign others

Associated Press  

— Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed several bills related to abortion access, and Republican Gov. “Let’s get it straightened out.” Lawmakers also passed bills requiring abortion providers to provide more documentation. The rule and the bill would only allow physicians to perform abortions, contrary to the same 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling that also allows physician assistants to provide abortion care. …

Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions
1 year, 7 months ago

Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Washington and Minnesota won’t cooperate with attempts to prosecute out-of-state patients seeking reproductive or gender-affirming procedures and treatment, under new laws signed Thursday by the two states’ Democratic governors. They’re the latest liberal states to enact legal safeguards as Republican legislators across the country are rushing to block or limit transgender and abortion health care. Anti-abortion advocates and …

North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions
1 year, 7 months ago

North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions

Associated Press  

North Dakota on Monday adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country as Republican Gov. Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide has triggered multiple state laws banning or restricting the procedure. On the other side, Democratic governors in at least 20 states this year launched a network …

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers
1 year, 8 months ago

New Mexico governor signs bill to shield abortion providers

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic New Mexico Gov. A companion abortion-rights bill signed in March guarantees access to reproductive health care in response to a string of anti-abortion ordinances by cities and counties in eastern New Mexico where opposition to abortion access runs deep. “We want to make sure New Mexico is a state that is safe for women and …

Minnesota moving to fortify state status as abortion refuge
1 year, 9 months ago

Minnesota moving to fortify state status as abortion refuge

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota is moving to fortify its status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them. Democratic House Majority Leader Jamie Long, of Minneapolis, said the bill is needed because Texas-style legislation has been introduced in several states that could put …

Minnesota governor protects rights to gender affirming care
1 year, 9 months ago

Minnesota governor protects rights to gender affirming care

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to receive gender affirming health care, as he slammed the tide of other states rolling back transgender rights. “Protecting and supporting access to gender affirming health care is essential to being a welcoming and supportive state.” Advocates …

Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban
1 year, 9 months ago

Utah governor says he plans to sign abortion clinic ban

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. It has faced fierce opposition from business, civil liberties and abortion rights groups, including Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, which operates three of the four abortion clinics in the state. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah sent Cox a letter on Friday demanding he veto the legislation, with its executive director writing it …

Minnesota governor signs broad abortion rights bill into law
1 year, 10 months ago

Minnesota governor signs broad abortion rights bill into law

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz enshrined the right to abortion and other reproductive health care into Minnesota statutes Tuesday, signing a bill meant to ensure that the state’s existing protections remain in place no matter who sits on future courts. “Until then, the Biden-Harris Administration will continue its work to protect access to abortion and support state leaders …

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A judge on Thursday again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs arguments from the state’s lone abortion clinic that the law violates the state constitution. The clinic already moved its services a short distance to neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota, where abortion remains legal, even as it seeks to block the North Dakota …

North Dakota clinic ramps up move across river to Minnesota
2 years, 4 months ago

North Dakota clinic ramps up move across river to Minnesota

Associated Press  

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The owner of a North Dakota abortion clinic that faces closure this month was directing traffic and deliveries Friday at its planned new location a few miles away in Minnesota. The Red River Women’s Clinic, which has been operating on a busy downtown Fargo street since 1998, will close that location on Aug. 26 unless a judge …

ND abortion clinic says Minnesota move won’t delay services
2 years, 4 months ago

ND abortion clinic says Minnesota move won’t delay services

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A judge’s ruling that will delay the closing of North Dakota’s lone abortion clinic should provide more than enough time to move the business to a neighboring city in Minnesota, the facility’s owner and operator said Thursday. In fact, Red River Women’s Clinic director Tammi Kromenaker said she was prepared to open shop in Moorhead, Minnesota, next …

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge puts hold on North Dakota trigger law banning abortion

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota judge on Wednesday put on hold the state’s trigger law banning abortion while a lawsuit moves forward that argues it violates the state constitution, ruling that the attorney general had prematurely calculated the date when the ban should take effect. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick sided with the state’s only abortion clinic, the …

Abortion ruling to speed process for clinics, patients
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion ruling to speed process for clinics, patients

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A court ruling that struck down most of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional will speed the process for clinics and patients, though providers are still studying all the implications of how the landscape will change as a result. “The court decision from Monday is great news for abortion access,” said Emily Bisek, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood …

Judge strikes down most of Minnesota’s abortion restrictions
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge strikes down most of Minnesota’s abortion restrictions

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A judge declared most of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion unconstitutional on Monday, including the state’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period and a requirement that both parents be notified before a minor can get an abortion. Gilligan ruled that the state’s restrictions were unconstitutional under a landmark 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court ruling known as Doe v. Gomez, which …

States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
2 years, 5 months ago

States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states. The Democratic governors of Colorado and North Carolina on Wednesday issued executive orders to protect abortion providers and …

Walz vows to defend abortion rights against GOP challenger
2 years, 5 months ago

Walz vows to defend abortion rights against GOP challenger

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democratic Gov. Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has changed the dynamics of the election campaign in Minnesota, Walz said at a news conference. “The governor’s office is now the last line of defense against an abortion ban in Minnesota.” Abortion will remain legal in Minnesota, for now, under an 1995 state Supreme …

North Dakota AG: Fargo abortion clinic must close July 28
2 years, 5 months ago

North Dakota AG: Fargo abortion clinic must close July 28

Associated Press  

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota’s attorney general said Tuesday that the state’s sole abortion clinic will be forced to shut down at the end of July, at which time patients will likely head across the Red River to neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota. Attorney General Drew Wrigley told The Associated Press that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week that gives each …

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand
2 years, 6 months ago

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand

NPR  

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand Enlarge this image toggle caption Christina Saint Louis/KHN Christina Saint Louis/KHN BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. Clinicians and abortion rights advocates say Minnesota patients regularly wait at least two weeks for appointments …

North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing to move across state lines to Minnesota
2 years, 6 months ago

North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing to move across state lines to Minnesota

CNN  

CNN — The only abortion clinic in North Dakota is now preparing to move across state lines following the recent Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade. Attorney General Drew Wrigley’s Office is still “evaluating the Dobbs opinion in every detail and will give careful consideration to its impact on North Dakota’s abortion laws,” according to a June 24 statement. …

Pritzker calls for federal law, protests to protect abortion
2 years, 7 months ago

Pritzker calls for federal law, protests to protect abortion

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. The debate over access to abortion — which has never fallen far from the top tier of political debate in the past half-century — has roiled the nation since Politico reported last week on a leaked preliminary opinion suggesting the Supreme Court will overturn Roe in a case over a Mississippi law prohibiting abortion after …

Minnesota’s abortion clinics brace for influx in wake of Roe leak
2 years, 7 months ago

Minnesota’s abortion clinics brace for influx in wake of Roe leak

Al Jazeera  

If Roe v Wade decision falls, Minnesota will be surrounded by states where abortion will likely become illegal. However, should the draft of the United States Supreme Court decision leaked on Monday night hold and Roe v Wade be overturned, “trigger laws” set to take effect the moment Roe falls in North Dakota, South Dakota, and 11 other states would …

Next Battle Over Access To Abortion Will Focus On Pills
2 years, 7 months ago

Next Battle Over Access To Abortion Will Focus On Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. “That’s going to be the battleground that decides how enforceable abortion bans are.” Use of abortion pills has been rising in the U.S. since 2000 …

Minnesota prepares to be abortion destination if Roe falls
2 years, 7 months ago

Minnesota prepares to be abortion destination if Roe falls

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota could become a destination for abortion services for women from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court throws out the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and the state’s abortion providers said Tuesday that they’re preparing for the anticipated surge. That’s because abortion would remain legal, at least for now, under a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court …

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