Fact-checking MCCL's anti-abortion ad

Published: Apr 29, 2024 Duration: 00:02:10 Category: News & Politics

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'VE SEEN CAMPS LIKE THESE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK. WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT. >>> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN ANTIABORTION AT THE TAKING OVER MINNESOTA AIRWAYS RECENTLY. >> WE REVIEWED 15 YEARS OF DATA TO LOOK AT WHAT'S TRUE, WHAT NEEDS CONTEXT AND WHAT IS MISLEADING. >> WHAT'S UP? >> ADJUSTER MINNESOTA HAS THE MOST EXTREME ABORTION LAW IN THE COUNTRY. >> THAT'S MISLEADING. IT IS TRUE THAT MINNESOTA DOES HAVE ONE OF THE MOST PRO-ABORTION RIGHTS LAWS IN THE NATION. >> ABORTION LAWS TO AND CAN BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY. THE ANTIABORTION GROUP OF THE FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL, BUT MINNESOTA IN A GROUP OF MORE THAN 20 STATES THAT IT SAYS DON'T PROTECT UNBORN LIFE YORK THE PRO-ABORTION RIGHTS CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM PUTS MINNESOTA AND A GROUP OF OVER 10 DATES THAT PERMIT FULL ACCESS . >> NO, REALLY, IT'S RIGHT HERE FOR THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW THAT ALLOWS AN UNBORN BABY TO BE ABORTED AT ANY TIME OF THE BIRTH. >> THAT'S TRUE, BUT NEEDS SOME CONTEXT. WCCO REVIEWED 15 YEARS OF STATE DATA THAT COME FROM 2008 TO 2022 , OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED, ONLY TO WERE PERFORMED BETWEEN WEEKS 31 AND 36 AND NONE WERE PERFORMED AFTER WEEKS 37. >> SOME LEGISLATURES WANT TO PUT ABORTION UP TO BIRTH INTO OUR CONSTITUTION PERMANENTLY. >> THAT'S TRUE. SOME DFL LEADERS ARE PUSHING TO GET THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION PUT INTO THE MINNESOTA STATE CONSTITUTION, BUT THAT CLAIM NEED SOME CONTEXT. A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE AND THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS. MOST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FAIL. MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA ORBIN, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN STATE GOVERNMENT, SO SHE WANTS THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT IN 2026, NOT 2024. ESME MURPHY, WCCO NEWS. >> MINNESOTA CONCERN FOR LIFE LABELED MINNESOTA MOST EXTREME STATE BECAUSE OF REPEALS TWO PARTS OF THE STATE BORN ALIVE LAW. WH

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