Abortion front-and-center in ‘swing’ Minnesota as official invites Iowans to avoid new ‘extreme’ ban

Former President Trump delivers remarks at a rally in the swing state of Minnesota as the 2024 race heats up.  

As Republicans appear bullish on breaking Democrats’ 50-year cycle of keeping Minnesota out of presidential election play, a new law in neighboring Iowa brings a controversial political issue front-and-center there.

On Monday, Iowa’s new six-week abortion ban took effect, leading one of Minnesota’s top executive officials to issue an invitation to Iowans seeking access to the procedure.

That news comes as former President Trump, formerly within the margin of error against President Biden, is now further trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

During a tour of a nonprofit abortion clinic in Bloomington, Minnesota, Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan issued a call for women to travel north if abortion can’t be provided for them in Iowa.

"If you’re afraid, come to Minnesota. We’ve got you," Flanagan said.

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Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn. (Nikolas Liepins/Anadolu via Getty )

Earlier this year, Flanagan notably tweeted her NCAA March Madness bracket: choosing teams based on the level of abortion restrictions in their home states.

"By this measurement, it’s only fair that Minnesota didn’t make the tournament because they’d have been a favorite for the title," she wrote at the time.

With Democrats hammering Republicans over abortion and pregnancy-related issues, Harris currently enjoys a six-point lead over Trump in Minnesota. 

While the Harris campaign did not