Minnesota House Passes Bill to Protect Out-of-State Patients Seeking Abortions

The Minnesota House passed a measure on Monday to protect out-of-state patients from legal repercussions if their state has banned or severely restricted their access to abortion.

The state House said in a post on its website that the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act passed on Monday in a 68-62 vote, sending the bill to the state Senate. The act would prevent patients and doctors from facing legal or disciplinary consequences for actions involving reproductive health care.

The post notes that lawmakers in several states, such as Texas, Georgia and Missouri, have introduced bills or passed laws to allow them to prosecute medical providers who perform an abortion and women who receive them out of state.

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