ST. PAUL (OSV News) Gov. Tim Walz on Jan. 31 signed into law a bill passed by Minnesota lawmakers that places a right to abortion for any reason and without a limit on viability into state law.In a party line vote, Democrats in the Minnesota Senate had passed the bill 34-33 in the early morning hours of Jan. 28. The House had approved the measure Jan. 19.
Pro-life and pro-abortion advocates gathered in large numbers outside the Senate chambers at the State Capitol in St. Paul shortly before