MN codifies abortion rights into law.

In a ceremony with legislators and advocates, Walz signed the Protect Reproductive Options Act, which will add access to contraception, maternity care, family planning and abortion to state law.

Abortion access was already guaranteed under state law after a 1995 decision by the state Supreme Court. The new law, supporters said, was meant to protect those rights in the event that a future set of justices could change their mind, and in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year to strike down the federal right to an abortion guaranteed under Roe v. Wade.