On the day that the Supreme Court overturned its ruling on Roe v. Wade, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made the state's plans on it very clear.
In a tweet on Friday, Governor Walz said that Minnesota would still allow abortions to happen in the state.
"Let me be very clear: This ruling changes nothing in Minnesota today, tomorrow, or as long as I am governor. We will not turn back the clock on reproductive rights."
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Earlier this week, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said that regardless of SCOTUS's decision, Minnesota will not change because of another SCOTUS ruling.
"Regardless of how the court decides in Dobbs, Gomez is the law in Minnesota and that's not going to change."
Dr. Scott Jensen, the GOP's candidate for Governor, also released a statement on the ruling.
“We have seen many lives diminished after this court ruling decades ago. While Minnesota’s Supreme Court ruled that there is a right to an abortion, as governor I still want to seek out loving and caring alternatives like universal adoption, family planning measures to prevent pregnancies and policies like counseling and alternative referrals, medical assistance and other measures that value people - both born and unborn. I will be a leader that will solve problems, as I have done before such as bipartisan insulin legislation, which values life. Minnesota values are not 'up-to-the-moment-of-birth' abortions as Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan support. The restrictions allowed by our courts are supported by the vast majority of Minnesotans and late term, nine month abortions championed by Tim Walz are not Minnesota values. I would ask Minnesotans to carefully reflect on that position, along with many other distinctive differences like gas prices, public safety and inflation and choose better leadership that offers positive solutions for this state."