06/29/2022- Attorney General Ellison joins AGs nationwide in reaffirming commitment to protecting abortion access

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a national coalition of 22 attorneys general today issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to supporting and expanding access to abortion care. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, access to safe and legal abortion remains robustly protected in Minnesota and numerous states across the country. In Minnesota, the right to abortion is protected under the 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court Doe v. Gomez precedent, which found a more expansive right to abortion in the Minnesota Constitution than the U.S. Supreme Court did in Roe v. Wade. In September 2021, Attorney General Ellison and a similar coalition of AGs