Minneapolis, Minnesota – Pregnant women in North and South Dakota can still technically access abortions in their states despite living in two of the six US states with just one abortion clinic. However, should the draft of the United States Supreme Court decision leaked on Monday night hold and Roe v Wade be overturned, “trigger laws” set to take effect the moment Roe falls in North Dakota, South Dakota, and 11 other states would immediately ban abortion.
That would leave Minnesota as something of an island state in the American Midwest, allowing abortion while encircled by others that would either immediately or swiftly outlaw the practice. Providers across the state are bracing for an influx of demand from people from surrounding states on top of the travellers they have already been seeing from the south since a Texas abortion ban took effect this fall.
