Democrats added abortion rights protections to state law last year when they passed the Pro Act, and Minnesota has its own state Supreme Court precedent in Doe v. Gomez, which affirmed women's constitutional right to abortion. Democrats have said future lawmakers or courts could undo the law and set new precedents.

Two-thirds of Minnesotans say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to the latest public opinion data from the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonpartisan pollster. The survey shows 26% of Minnesotans say abortion should be legal in all cases,