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MAY 16, 2024
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We’re thrilled to announce the return of Women Winning’s Annual Luncheon – Monday, June 3rd at the Depot in Minneapolis! We’re thrilled to welcome Senator Laphonza Butler, former head of California SEIU and EMILYs List, as our featured speaker this year! [[link removed]]
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Minnesota House Delays Vote on Putting Equal Rights, Abortion Protections on the Ballot in 2026
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An expansive version of the Equal Rights Amendment could ask Minnesota voters in 2026 if they want to enshrine protections for race, sex and gender identity, and abortion in the state's Constitution. The DFL-led Minnesota House had planned to vote on their version of the amendment Monday, but Republicans pushed off debate on the ERA by spending hours debating other legislation.
The amendment could set off an expensive statewide campaign similar to abortion-related referendum battles in other states since the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. "We saw what the Supreme Court did, we saw a case that was as good as law to us was overturned and rights across the country were taken away from many, many individuals," Rep. Kaohly Vang Her, DFL-St. Paul, the sponsor of the measure, said before the debate Monday.
A vote is now expected during the next floor session on Wednesday, as the Legislature races toward a May 20 deadline to adjourn. The amendment has faced fierce opposition from religious and anti-abortion groups that accused Democrats of shrouding the amendment's intent while leaving out protections based on religious beliefs.
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Senators Klobuchar and Smith Push Back Against Federal Pregnancy Database in ‘MOMS Act’
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As Mother’s Day approached, a group of Republican senators, led by Alabama’s Katie Britt, tried to rally some support for a new legislative proposal called the “More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act” (or “MOMS Act”).
The bill would require states to apply child support obligations during pregnancy and would launch a website — Pregnancy.gov— with resources related to pregnancy, including information about adoption agencies, but not abortion clinics. It would also provide grants to anti-abortion nonprofits that assist women through their pregnancies and after birth. But a HuffPost report noted that the Pregnancy.gov provisions in the bill are drawing additional scrutiny because they allegedly raise the prospect of “a federal database storing information on pregnant people.”
It was against this backdrop that Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith joined with 9 other Senate Democratic women to denounce Britt’s bill, saying it would, among other things, “create a new government-run website to collect data on pregnant women and direct them to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.”
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University of Minnesota Studies Reveal Disparities in Intimate Partner Violence Between Rural and Urban Areas
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Domestic abuse involving intimate partners is happening at a higher rate in the nation’s rural areas than it is in urban ones, a problem made worse by fewer safety screenings of people who are potentially at risk for abuse, according to studies conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota.
One of the studies, conducted through the university’s Rural Health Research Center, looked at the challenges faced by victims and survivors of such violence in rural areas. It did so by speaking with advocacy organizations, state-based coalitions and service organizations that help victims of intimate partner violence. Other studies found that physical intimate partner violence is more common among rural expectant mothers in the U.S. and that rural victims of intimate partner violence are at a higher risk of not being screened for abuse compared with those in urban areas.
The researchers hope their work will shed light on the extent of domestic partner violence in rural spaces, which some say are ill-equipped to deal with the trend because they are underfunded and understaffed.
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