CD2 Republican candidate Teirab's ties to the Crisis Pregnancy Center have come under scrutiny

Craig has criticized Teirab's opposition to abortion, including responding in a Minnesotans Concerned for Life poll that he would not support legislation weakening existing abortion restrictions.

Teirab said he believes abortion regulations are best decided at the state level. He accused Craig of distorting his position and using abortion as a political wedge issue.

The website for New Life Adoptions, a program of New Life Family Services, says prospective parents who want to work with the group must have been married for at least two years. The group advocates a “biblical sexual ethic: marriage is between a man and a woman.”

It is unclear whether this restriction violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act's ban on discrimination in public accommodations. The law says it is illegal to deny services to someone based on their marital status and sexual orientation.

Christy Hall, an attorney at Gender Justice, a justice advocacy group, said the restriction “clearly violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act.” Hall noted that the organization's policies were unlikely to be challenged. “There is no religious exemption of any kind to the public accommodations law.”

Myron Orfield, a professor of civil rights and civil liberties at the University of Minnesota, agreed that the restriction appeared to violate state law, but said the group may be protected by the First Amendment. He pointed to a 2022 case in New York in which the state Supreme Court found that a similar organization's criteria for prospective parents was a protected exercise of religious belief.