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Rep. Mike Freiberg
Minnesota House of Representatives
District 43B 651-296-4176– rep.mike.freiberg@house.mn.gov
381 State Office Building, 100 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55155
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Marlee Schlegel
651-296-9873 or marlee.schlegel@house.mn.gov
January 19, 2023
Rep. Freiberg votes for the PRO Act, Protecting Minnesotans’ Reproductive Rights
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House of Representatives has passed HF 1, the Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act. This bill establishes a fundamental right to reproductive health care and protects Minnesotans’ right to contraception, the right to carry a pregnancy to term, and the right to abortion, and ensures the right to privacy for personal reproductive health decisions. It also prevents interference by anti-choice politicians who seek to enact or defend medically unnecessary barriers to comprehensive reproductive health care.
Rep. Mike Freiberg (DFL – Golden Valley) is a co-author of the legislation and voted for the bill.
“Minnesotans have made themselves very clear: every person deserves the right to make their own reproductive health care decisions,” said Rep. Freiberg. “I am incredibly grateful to my colleagues for working so diligently to deliver for the great people of Minnesota.”
The PRO Act enshrines the fundamental right to all reproductive health care, including but not limited to contraception, sterilization, preconception care, maternity care, abortion care, family planning and fertility services, and counseling regarding reproductive health care.
Governor Walz has indicated he will sign it into law once it reaches his desk. The bill is awaiting action in the Senate.
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