Essay
Bill SF 1890, current status in the Senate; 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026), should be passed as law because the harm of a full-term pregnancy for someone who wants an abortion, is greater than any harm that may happen during said abortion, and so this service deserves funding.
As of 2025, 55% of reported abortions in Minnesota, were among women ages 20-29. This age range is usually one of the most crucial when it comes to advancing and building a career as well as continuing higher education and as the cost of living continues to rapidly increase and the job market continues to worsen, most women are not in a position to manage a baby, a career, and be able to afford all of it. It puts both the mother and child in danger as the mother will not be able to assure her baby a good quality of life if she’s trying to balance all these responsibilities and she herself can barely afford to survive in this current economy, as is. Abortion allows women to build themselves a stable future so that they can one day, properly, decide whether they want a child or not, and so it is a service that needs to be funded.
The cost for an abortion in Minneapolis ranges from $750 for a medication abortion(up to 12.0 weeks) to $1800 for a second trimester abortion(18.1 weeks). At a median income of $37,222, a $1800 abortion can cost nearly 5% of annual income — a significant financial barrier for many. As stated above, it is not beneficial for them to have children at their age but with the cost of a abortion in-clinic, it leaves the woman with no choice but to either have the child or receive abortions from someone who’s not a professional. However, if abortion services receive more funding, they’ll become much more affordable.
There’s no good, secular, argument against abortion, and so there’s no reason it shouldn’t receive grant funding.