MN Legislature advances new restrictions on abortions

St. Paul, Minn. — Two pieces of legislation that would make big changes in Minnesota's abortion laws are making their way through the House and Senate.

Committees in both chambers approved the abortion bills Tuesday. One measure would prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions, and the other would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, testified in support of the measure, and he described the Gomez ruling as misguided.


"Gomez coerces the people of Minnesota into paying for what science tells us is the destruction of human life," Gomez said. "That is not pro-choice. It is no choice. The Legislature should work to have Gomez reversed, and this bill goes a long way toward doing that." 

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