Mon Jan 9, 2023 – 5:06 pm ESTMon Jan 9, 2023 – 5:06 pm EST
SAINT PAUL (LifeSiteNews) – Minnesota lawmakers are currently mulling legislation to establish a “right” to abortion-on-demand in the North Star State, and recently rejected proposed amendments placing modest limits on the practice.
Alpha News reports that last Thursday, the Minnesota House Health Finance and Policy Committee passed the so-called Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act, which asserts a woman’s “fundamental right” to have her preborn son or daughter aborted.
Republican committee members proposed three amendments, one of which would have required second- and third-trimester abortions to be conducted in hospital settings in case of medical risks to the mother, the second of which would have prohibited third-trimester abortions outright, and the third of which would have prohibited partial-birth abortion procedures.
But the committee’s Democrat members rejected all the amendments and approved the PRO Act. It faces approval by other committees before going to the full state House for consideration. Democrats control both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature as well as the governor’s mansion.
“This bill means a ‘right’ to abort any baby for any reason at any time until birth. Women and
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