NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota's 2006 Legislative Scorecard
With anti-choice majorities in both the Minnesota State House and the Minnesota State Senate, the 2006 Legislative Session presented serious challenges to reproductive freedom in
Minnesota. The MCCL (Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life) has the full support of 60% of the Minnesota House and 55% of the Minnesota Senate, as well as a Governor eager to sign any anti-choice legislation they put before him. Pro-Choice Minnesotans breathed a sigh of relief when the 2006 Legislative Session ended with the narrow defeat of the MCCL’s anti-choice “Abortion Regulation Act”, a three-pronged attack to reproductive freedom that sought to: Challenge Minnesota’s state constitutional protection for reproductive privacy as determined by the Doe v. Gomez case;Target judges who grant judicial bypasses to young women seeking abortion; andSingle out doctors who provide abortion for burdensome regulationsClick here for the full factsheet on the "Abortion Regulation Act." NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota’s 2006 Legislative Scorecard tracks all reproductive rights related votes from the 2006 Session. See which legislators voted to protect women’s privacy, and who voted to restrict our most fundamental freedoms. Click here to download a printable PDF copy of the 2006 Legislative Scorecard.
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