A recent Minnesota report found that the number of out-of-state abortions in Minnesota has increased by nearly 50% since the defeat of Roe v. Wade.
Minnesota Department of Health released The annual abortion report released Tuesday comes just one year after the Supreme Court reversed a longstanding ruling that guaranteed abortion access across the country and gave states the right to enact abortion laws. It was revealed that the number of abortions in the state will increase sharply in 2023. Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz immediately pushed to transform the state into a “safe haven” for non-residents seeking abortions, issuing the following statement: presidential order The day after a court ruled that individuals who enter Minnesota from states that restrict abortion cannot be extradited for abortions.
According to state data, the number of people seeking abortions from neighboring states increased by nearly 1,000 from 1,986 in 2022 to 2,976 in 2023. The total number of abortions in the state increased by about 15%, reaching 14,124 in 2023, compared to 12,193 in 2022. (Related: Blue states abort most fetuses in decades after constitutional reform)
At least 221 abortions in the state were performed after 21 weeks of pregnancy, and an additional 208 did not report the age of the fetus, according to the report.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz listens as Democratic vice presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the election during a speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Most of the non-residents are from neighboring states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin, the report said. Some traveled from Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. (Related article: ‘Hijacked to facilitate child murder’: Liberal pastors ‘blessing’ blue state abortion clinics)
Many of these states have placed limits on the procedure in response to the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, including Texas, which bans abortion in nearly all cases. In November, residents of Nebraska and South Dakota rejected bills enshrining the right to abortion in their state constitutions, but Missouri’s constitution was approved.
Abortion bans often face legal challenges, as in the case of an Iowa law that banned the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, but the state Supreme Court upheld the law in June 2024. did. A district judge ruled in September that the law was unconstitutional.
Michigan has seen a similar increase in abortions since the right was enshrined in the constitution in 2022, up more than 1,000 cases from the previous year for a total of 31,241 abortions, but the state has seen a similar increase in abortions since the right was enshrined in the constitution in 2022, for a total of 31,241 abortions. This is a number that we have not seen in over 20 years.
In August, Walz was nominated as the running mate for then-Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, during which time both have maintained firmly pro-abortion positions. Pro-life Christians played a major role in sinking the Democratic Party’s election campaign.
Walz’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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