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14th Amendment Document With Abortion In Minnesota
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The act must be approved by a majority vote of both bodies of the legislature. A constitutional amendment is just like a session law, but does not require the governor's signature, and a governor's veto has no effect.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
As an effect of the unanimity of the states in holding unborn children to be persons under criminal, tort, and property law, the text of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment compels federal protection of unborn persons.
Abortion in Minnesota is legal at all stages of pregnancy and is restricted only to standards of good medical practice.
You can get an in-clinic abortion until 24 weeks (or later in some cases, for medical reasons). But most abortions happen early in pregnancy, and it can be hard in some places to find an abortion provider who can do an in-clinic abortion after or around 12 weeks into pregnancy.
The Supreme Court, however, beginning as early as 1923 and continuing through its recent decisions, has broadly read the "liberty" guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment to guarantee a fairly broad right of privacy that has come to encompass decisions about child rearing, procreation, marriage, and termination of ...
Abortion in Minnesota is legal at all stages of pregnancy and is restricted only to standards of good medical practice.
Specifically, a woman can get an abortion up until her fetus becomes viable. Plus, only qualified medical providers are allowed to perform legal abortions. If an abortion is performed outside the legal parameters, it can lead to criminal charges.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 145.409 of the Minnesota Statutes, also known as the “Protect Reproductive Options Act” or PRO Act, codifies an individual's right to control their own reproductive health.