Fear of Immigration Raids Drives Minnesota Patients to Delay Critical Reproductive Care

Pregnant patients across Minnesota are increasingly postponing abortion appointments and other essential reproductive health visits.

Pregnant Immigrant Women at a Group Meeting. Credit: The Women Post

As the fear of encountering federal immigration agents spreads through immigrant communities, health providers say the chilling effect of a sweeping federal immigration enforcement operation has disrupted access to time-sensitive care. The Department of Homeland Security has described th…