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This bill, titled the "Protect Reproductive Options Act", establishes reproductive health rights in Minnesota. It recognizes an individual's fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about their own reproductive health, including the right to choose or refuse reproductive care, contraception, sterilization, and whether to continue a pregnancy or have an abortion. The bill prohibits the state from denying, restricting, or interfering with these reproductive rights, and from discriminating in the protection or enforcement of these rights. It also states that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights under state law, and that the state cannot prosecute or deprive the rights of any individual based on the potential or actual impact on their own health or pregnancy. The bill provides for civil action for individuals aggrieved by violations, and includes a severability clause and a rule of construction to ensure its broad application.

Health and Social Services

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0731&ssn=0&y=2021