A lawsuit filed in federal court last Friday seeks to nullify Minnesota's laws protecting access to abortion, arguing they violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

A St. Paul-based crisis pregnancy center and a national anti-abortion organization are part of a group that has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Minnesota’s laws protecting abortion rights.

By Ellie Roth, Anna Haecherl and Matt Sepic Through prior court rulings and legislative actions, Minnesota has among the most accommodating laws granting access to abortion. A lawsuit filed late last week in federal court seeks to upend those laws.

Some women, doctors and a pregnancy center are challenging Minnesota's abortion laws in federal court. Ryan Kobayashi, who flew to Los Angeles looking for his daughter, Hannah, after she was reported missing,