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The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected an attempt by the Traverse County prosecutor to appeal a judge's decision last year that 

threw out most of the state's restrictions on abortion

Ramsey County District Judge Thomas Gilligan ruled last July, in a lawsuit filed by abortion rights supporters, that 

 — including a 24-hour waiting period and a parental notification requirement — violated the state constitution under a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court ruling. Attorney General Keith Ellison 

 when he declined to appeal, letting the decision stand.

The appeals court on Monday affirmed Gilligan's decision last September that 

Traverse County Attorney Matthew Franzese

 failed to meet the legal standards necessary to qualify to intervene in the case so that he could appeal Gilligan's original ruling himself.

Gilligan last month rejected an attempt to intervene by another third party, Mothers Offering Maternal Support, which had ties to anti-abortion groups, concluding that they filed their request too late and that they wouldn't have qualified anyway. Teresa Stanton Collett, an attorney for the mothers, said they hadn't decided whether to appeal.

Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature are moving to repeal the statutes that Gilligan declared unconstitutional and to 

 for abortion patients from restrictive states.

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by the Traverse County prosecutor to appeal a judge’s decision last year that threw out most of the state’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional. 

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