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March 22, 2023

MN House Passes Bill to Protect Patients and Providers Who Travel from Out of State for Abortion
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In reproductive rights news, the Minnesota House of Representatives
passed a bill Monday that would shield patients who travel to the state
for an abortion, and their providers from legal repercussions. The
Reproductive Freedom Defense Act would prevent state courts or officials
from complying with extradition requests, arrests or subpoenas as a
result of an abortion that a person receives in Minnesota, where the
procedure is still legal. The bill now heads to the Senate, which has a
razor-thin Democratic majority.


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