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Committee sends HF25 to Ways and Means after debate on crisis pregnancy centers, funding and eligibility
Summary
House File 25, which would restore grant funding for pregnancy resource centers and create grants for maternity homes, passed the Judiciary and Civil Law Committee as amended and will go to Ways and Means. The hearing featured competing testimony on services, privacy and whether funding should exclude organizations that counsel against abortion.
Representative Zaliznakar introduced House File 25, describing it as a bill to appropriate $4 million a year: $3 million to pregnancy resource centers and $1 million to maternity homes. “This supports women with options,” the sponsor said during opening remarks.
The committee adopted an A4 amendment clarifying that client data held by eligible centers should be classified as private under Minnesota statute. Representative Finke offered an amendment (A3) to require that recipients not discriminate and to remove language that would make an organization ineligible if it “promotes” or “refers” for abortion; proponents of A3 said the change would protect access to full options and avoid First Amendment problems. The committee rejected A3 on a roll…
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