Minnesota Senate Democrats try to force abortion debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Some bills didn't deal directly with abortion, but did cover other aspects of reproductive health care, such as access to contraception.
46% : Whatever happens at the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion will remain legal in Minnesota, at least for now, under a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court ruling known as Doe v. Gomez.
45% : It effectively established a right to abortion under the state constitution.
44% : Senate Minority Leader Melisa López Franzen, of Edina, said her fellow Democrats wanted to send a message to Minnesota residents that they will fight to protect their privacy and reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, while Republicans won't.
41% : The debate was the latest largely symbolic skirmish over abortion at the Minnesota Legislature in recent days.
36% : The votes in Minnesota came one day after the U.S. Senate fell short in an effort to enshrine into federal law the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion nationwide.

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