Minnesota House to vote on equal rights amendment that includes protections for gender identity, abortion
The Minnesota House planned to debate a bill Monday on a proposed constitutional amendment that would seal in state protections for race, sex and gender identity among others.
The bill would put a question before voters in 2026 asking whether they support barring discrimination based on a person’s race, class, sex, gender identity or “decisions about all matters relating to one’s own pregnancy or decision whether to become or remain pregnant.”
The bill’s supporters said it’s crucial to guarantee the protections in the state’s constitution to ensure that they last the test of time. Opponents, meanwhile, say the bill is deceptive because it spells out protections for pregnancy in the language that would come before voters, but it doesn’t detail the coverage it would provide for those who access abortion, in vitro fertilization or other pregnancy outcomes.
If approved, Minnesota would have the most expansive equal rights amendment in the country.
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