Reproductive Rights

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Governor Walz signs the PRO Act into law

It took less than a month for the legislation to be introduced and to make it to the House and Senate floors for a vote. 

  • 02/01/2023
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UPDATES: 2023 Legislative Session

Gender-Based Violence Bills to Protect Victims of Gender-based Violence Discussing Domestic Violence and Homeless Youth at Legislature Intense Testimony for

  • 01/25/2023
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Abortion legislation passes out of the MN House 

“This is a second level of protection to the constitutional freedoms we currently enjoy based on the legal precedent of Doe v. Gomez, at the Minnesota Supreme Court.”

  • 01/20/2023
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Protect Reproductive Options Act Clears House Health Finance and Policy Committee

The Minnesota Legislature conducted the first hearing on the first bill of the 2023 legislative session this morning: the Protect

  • 01/05/2023
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2023: A Good Year for Action

“We have never been represented by somebody like me, with this voice, with the communities that I am bringing in.”

  • 11/29/2022
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2022 Changemaker: UnRestrict Minnesota Coalition

“We have been saying, ‘abortion is not an issue you should be running from, it is an issue you should be running on.'”

  • 11/29/2022
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Values & Vision of Minnesota Voters

We listened to some of the voices, and saw some of the villages, at three locations on election night in Saint Paul. Here are a few highlights.

  • 11/09/2022
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Deep Dives: Reproductive Rights

Coverage from Minnesota Women’s Press over the years about reproductive rights

  • 11/08/2022