MINNEAPOLIS — Abortions remain a legally protected right in Minnesota — but it just became a politically hotter issue for this fall’s elections.
Legally speaking, Friday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 50-year-old case of Roe v. Wade means little inside the borders of Minnesota.
That’s because the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that banning abortions outright would violate a woman’s “fundamental right of privacy” under the Minnesota Constitution. The decision, known as Doe v. Gomez, was issued in 1995 and struck down a state restriction on public funds for the poor being used to fund births but not abortions.
