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ST. PAUL, Minnesota (LifeSiteNews) — A Minnesota judge gutted many of the state’s pro-life protections on Monday, declaring that laws restricting abortion access violate the Minnesota constitution.
In a July 11 decision in response to a lawsuit brought by a pro-abortion group, Ramsey County District Judge Thomas Gilligan declared that the state could no longer enforce its mandatory 24-hour waiting period before an abortion, or its rule that both of a minor girl’s parents must be notified before she can abort her unborn child, the Associated Press reported.
NEWS: A Ramsey County judge has ruled several of Minnesota’s abortion restrictions — including parental notification and the 24-hour waiting period — violate the state constitution and ordered them not to be enforced. pic.twitter.com/pp9pRhey2X
— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) July 11, 2022
Gilligan, who had been appointed by pro-abortion Democrat Gov. Mark Dayton in 2014, also ruled that Minnesota’s laws prohibiting second and third trimester abortions outside of hospitals and
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