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Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has a celebrated record among his constituents, and has wide-ranging support from progressives, moderates and conservatives. On the Right, however, some Republicans have argued that Walz’s positions on abortion access and transgender rights are too far Left.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker criticizes Walz for what she says are his radically liberal positions on abortion rights and transgender care, and asserts that pro-life conservatives must reject Tim Walz.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
In 2023 January, Walz enshrined a sweeping right to abortion in Minnesota law. And in May 2023, he took the more extreme step of repealing Minnesota’s protection for babies born alive following an abortion procedure, effectively legalizing infanticide in certain circumstances. The May 2023 legislation also repealed Minnesota’s informed consent law and eliminated Positive Alternatives, which is a grant program that provided more than $3 million to pregnancy care centers in Minnesota.
In April 2023, Walz signed a bill turning Minnesota into a transgender sanctuary state. The law gives state courts temporary jurisdiction over any child in Minnesota who has “been unable to obtain gender-affirming health care.” So if a child goes to the state to receive so-called gender-affirming care, the law says that Minnesota would not return the child to his or her parents in a custody dispute. The parent could take the child to Minnesota for such so-called care, and the out-of-state parent would have no recourse in Minnesota courts. The extreme measures Governor Walz enacted closely mirror efforts Harris has pursued at the federal level.
