CLAIM: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) appears to deny that the comprehensive abortion bill he signed into law in 2023 allows abortions in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Verdict: False. waltz After the Supreme Court, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to codify abortion through legislation. turned over Roe v. Wade. Minnesota is currently one of nine states that include Washington, DC. limit For abortion, this means that abortion is technically legal in the last month of pregnancy.
CBS News' Norah O'Donnell asked Walz.rear Roe vs. Wade Overturned, you signed the bill into law Minnesota. One of the least restrictive states in the nation regarding abortion. Former President Trump said during the last debate that he thought it was perfectly acceptable to have an abortion at “nine months old.” yes or no? ”
Walz dodged the question, refusing to answer “yes” or “no,” saying, “That's not what the bill says.” He later claimed that what he did in Minnesota was “reconstruction.” Roe vs. Wade”
However, Walz signed the bill and called The Reproductive Options Protection Act (PRO) allows abortions in the state. The bill states that “all Individuals have a fundamental right to autonomously make decisions about their own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to access or refuse reproductive health care. ”
He also said:The very individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy, give birth, or terminate the pregnancy, and has a fundamental right to autonomously decide how to exercise this fundamental right. It argues that the principles established in the Minnesota Constitution “guarantee fundamental rights.” The right to reproductive freedom. ”
The bill does not include restrictions on abortion due to pregnancy or for any other reason.
Even before he signed the bill, abortion was already legal in Minnesota until the second trimester of pregnancy. The bill's author, Democratic Sen. Jennifer McEwen, said at the time that the bill would provide access to abortion no matter what a future court rules.
At the time, Minnesota Concerned Citizens for Life (MCCL) blown up He said the law was “extreme, inhumane and harmful to women and children who deserve better.”
MCCL Co-Executive Director Kathy Blaser said:
The PRO Act would mean the right to abort a baby for any reason at any time up until birth. it means selectively killing humans in the womb It is completely legal, even in the third trimester, when the child is in excruciating pain and may live outside the womb. That means parents have no right to know when their teenage daughter is taken for an abortion.
“Governor. Walz's absolutist abortion policy forces the state of Minnesota into alliances with a handful of countries in the world, including North Korea and China. It's extreme, inhumane, and deserves better treatment.” It's harmful to women and children,” Blazer continued.
Left-wing pro-abortion media often downplays abortions performed late in pregnancy and babies conceived. born Even in the midst of failed abortions, they sometimes live in complete denial.
There is disagreement about what the term “late-term abortion” actually means. Pro-abortion groups often reject the term; say The official medical definition of “late stage” is 41 weeks, or past term. The Pro-Life Charlotte Rozier Institute called The definition of late-term abortion is “imprecise and variable,” but it is generally defined as an abortion during the third trimester, usually when the baby is viable outside the womb, and “viable cases occur at 22 weeks of gestation or earlier.” Slightly faster.”
Thousands of fetuses die each year in the United States after 21 weeks of gestation due to abortions.The media reports that late-term abortions make up a small proportion of all abortions, so it is rare for thousands of unborn babies to lose their lives. It is reported that this is the case.
For example, there were 625,978 legal abortions. recorded 1% of these were after 21 weeks, which means more than 6,000 viable babies died from abortion. Pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute Estimation More than 1 million abortions will be performed in 2023, and the CDC estimates there could be at least 10,000 late-term abortions that year.
Leftist media also interviewed abortionists who perform late-term abortions, who ultimately admitted that abortions were performed in the last week of pregnancy for a variety of reasons, including being “undesirable.”
It should be noted that most abortion clinics across the United States say they do not perform abortions during the eighth and ninth months of pregnancy. According to NBC News, there are only five abortion clinics in the country that abort fetuses after 28 weeks. abortion finderA pro-abortion resource supported by Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation estimates the number is eight. located in Maryland reportedly execute Abortion up to 35 weeks and 6 days — About 1 day is not enough considered At the beginning of the 9th month of pregnancy.
According to the left new yorkerand more “clinic” Offerings Late-term abortion, a procedure performed after 21 weeks, has become possible in recent years. ”
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
