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Minn. Stat. § 145.414 (2026)

Abortion Not Mandatory

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(a) No person and no hospital or institution shall be coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist or submit to an abortion for any reason.

(b) It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that no health plan company as defined under section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, or health care cooperative as defined under section 62R.04, subdivision 2, shall be required to provide or provide coverage for an abortion. No provision of this chapter; of chapter 62A, 62C, 62D, 62H, 62L, 62M, 62N, 62R, 62V, 64B, or of any other chapter; of Minnesota Rules; or of Laws 1995, chapter 234, shall be construed as requiring a health plan company as defined under section 62Q.01, subdivision 4, or a health care cooperative as defined under section 62R.04, subdivision 2, to provide or provide coverage for an abortion.

(c) This section supersedes any provision of Laws 1995, chapter 234, or any act enacted prior to enactment of Laws 1995, chapter 234, that in any way limits or is inconsistent with this section. No provision of any act enacted subsequent to Laws 1995, chapter 234 shall be construed as in any way limiting or being inconsistent with this section, unless the act amends this section or expressly provides that it is intended to limit or be inconsistent with this section.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1974–1976 · leading case: Hodgson v. Anderson, 378 F. Supp. 1008 (D. Minnesota 1974).
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Hodgson v. Anderson, 378 F. Supp. 1008 (D. Minnesota 1974). · cites it 6× “498 ( Minn. Stat. § 145.414 (1974)) provides that no person or hospital or institution will be: “coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist or submit to an abortion for any reason.”
Hodgson v. Lawson, 542 F.2d 1350 (8th Cir. 1976). · cites it 3× “Minn.Stat. § 145.414 provides: No person and no hospital or institution shall be coerced, held liable or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist or submit to an abortion for any reason.”
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