SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL – Rochester), chair of the House Health Finance & Policy Committee, issued the following statement after yesterday’s introduction of legislation in the Minnesota House to enact a Texas-style abortion prohibition:
“Republicans in Minnesota have introduced a Texas-style radical anti-abortion bill. It comes just as the Supreme Court seems poised to throw out 50 years of settled law that allows the person who is pregnant – not politicians – to decide whether to have an abortion. This is a warning to Minnesotans of what will happen if Republicans get control of the legislature and the governor’s office. They will go to extremes to stop pregnant Minnesotans from accessing the full range of pregnancy care, including the right to a safe, convenient abortion. Minnesotans deserve the right to make decisions about abortion based on their own values and priorities, without interference from politicians.”