What the end of Roe v. Wade means for abortion rights in Minnesota and elsewhere

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In many states, access to abortion will likely be determined by which major party controls the legislature and governor's office.
48% : In the most significant case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992, the court upheld Roe in a 5-4 decision but it also affirmed Pennsylvania's restrictions requiring a minor seeking an abortion to have the consent of a parent, married women to notify their husband of their intent to have an abortion, and a 24-hour waiting period prior to undergoing the procedure.
45% : The justices also ruled that the state has an interest in protecting the health of both mothers and fetuses, and decided that while abortion could not be banned in the first trimester of fetal development, it could be regulated in the second trimester and prohibited entirely in many cases in the third trimester.
45% : But with control of state government hanging in the balance in the upcoming midterm elections and the actions of other states already clamping down on abortion, those pushing for new restrictions hope that Minnesota could follow suit.
44% : It's the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide to the point of viability.
44% : Republican lawmakers in the Legislature introduced a slate of proposals this session seeking to limit abortion access, including a measure that would prohibit the procedure early in pregnancy and outsource enforcement of the law to private citizens.
43% : The decision did not legalize abortion in all cases.
43% :Minnesota is one of the states where abortion is likely to remain legal.
41% : The Dobbs opinion also overturned Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
38% :Read more:Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortionRead the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade
37% : Both North Dakota and South Dakota have approved so-called "trigger laws" that would ban abortion if Roe is no longer in effect.
37% : With Republicans in control of the governor's office and both chambers of the Legislature, lawmakers could ban abortion without completing the lengthy process of amending the state constitution if Roe is overturned.
36% : In Iowa, the state Supreme Court on June 17 cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court four years earlier that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.
34% : The opinion was issued in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which challenged Mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks.
34% : A September 2018 Star Tribune-MPR News Minnesota Poll found that 59% of registered Minnesota voters said they would like to see Roe remain in place, while 26% said they would like it modified and 12% said it should be overturned to make abortion illegal.

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