| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health; establishing a fundamental right to reproductive health; proposing |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. [145.409] REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Short title.This section may be cited as the "Protect Reproductive Options |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7Act." |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Definition.For purposes of this section, "reproductive health care" means |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9health care offered, arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss, or improving maternal health and birth |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11outcomes. Reproductive health care includes, but is not limited to, contraception; sterilization; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12preconception care; maternity care; abortion care; family planning and fertility services; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13and counseling regarding reproductive health care. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 Subd. 3.Reproductive freedom.(a) Every individual has a fundamental right to make |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15autonomous decisions about the individual's own reproductive health, including the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16fundamental right to use or refuse reproductive health care. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) Every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18pregnancy and give birth, or obtain an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19how to exercise this fundamental right. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 Subd. 4.Right to reproductive freedom recognized.The Minnesota Constitution |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21establishes the principles of individual liberty, personal privacy, and equality. Such principles |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22ensure the fundamental right to reproductive freedom. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 23-01711 as introduced01/03/23 REVISOR SGS/BM |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 1NINETY-THIRD SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN, Port, Morrison, Maye Quade and Dziedzic) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading01/04/2023 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 Subd. 5.Local unit of government limitation.A local unit of government may not |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2regulate an individual's ability to freely exercise the fundamental rights set forth in this |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3section in a manner that is more restrictive than that set forth in this section. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 23-01711 as introduced01/03/23 REVISOR SGS/BM |
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