Minnesota lawmakers plan to solidify court's rejection of abortion restrictions, limit state data re

[RandySF]

State courts have struck down a host of Minnesota limits on abortion, and while unenforceable, the Legislature is now expected to erase many of them entirely from the law books.

That would mean the certain end to restrictions like a 24-hour waiting period that Republican legislators had sought to keep, according to Rep. Tina Liebling, DFL-Rochester, who spoke to MinnPost on Saturday ahead of a conference committee’s release of final bill language.

Democrats who control the Legislature also plan to cut grant funding for pregnancy centers advocating against abortion. Liebling said a deal between the House and Senate would stop making abortion providers report some data on the procedure to the state, though Minnesota will keep collecting certain basic information on abortions that is now published every year by health officials.

“The reporting is going to be not repealed but substantially revised,” said Liebling, who chairs the House’s Health Finance and Policy Committee. The full details of the agreement, which are part of a larger spending and policy package tied to health and human services, have not been released yet.




https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/05/minnesota-lawmakers-plan-to-solidify-courts-rejection-of-abortion-restrictions-limit-state-data-reporting/

[BOSSHOG]

1. So Sad

That good people have to go to so much trouble to undo the madness of religious lunatics. The last thing Christian’s want is for Jesus to come back to check on how his name is being used.

[dflprincess]

2. They best hurry. The state Constitution requires the session ends at midnight Monday night. nt

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Tina Lielbling is GOOD People.

I have known Tina Liebling since 2002 when she ran for State Rep and lost to Carla Nelson. She has shown to be an effective Legislator since her election to the State House in 2004, and each election since then.