[[link removed]] DONATE [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Join Mayor Melvin Carter, John Bessler, Tom Weber and Women Winning at Men & Allies!
[[link removed]]
Men & Allies brings together supporters of Reproductive Freedom from across the state to highlight the importance of all people, regardless of their gender, advocating for Reproductive Freedom. This is a FREE event , where $1 from every beverage purchased goes to supporting our work electing pro-choice champions! Bring all your friends!
Featured speakers for this year’s Men & Allies: Mayor Melvin Carter , Tom Weber , spouse of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and John Bessler , spouse of Senator Amy Klobuchar!
Join us, Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 6-8PM at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis!
Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors!
Ally
Pamela Deal | Traci Esades | Charles Nauen | Minnesota Senate DFL Caucus
Partner
Curtis Johnson | Harley Gee & Karen Hudson | Jean Spielman Housh | Rosemary & Mark Sump | Bob Rosenbaum
Supporter
Carol Ball | Dr. Annie Baietto | Sam Clark | Corey Day | Sen. Scott Dibble | Sen. Nick Frentz | Jon Grebner | Julie Greene | Kathy Heltzer | Marge Hoffa | Former Rep. Frank Hornstein | Caroline Marsili | Mary McKinley & Larry Young | Rep. Dave Pinto | Lee Sheehy | Betsy & Steve Stikoff | Liz Young & Tim McKivergan
Friend
Michael Anderson | Rick Brundage | Rep. Nathan Coulter | Elizabeth Carman | Mayor Melvin Carter | Sen. Steve Cwodzinski | Rep. Peter Fischer | Rep. Mike Freiberg | Bradley A. Gangnon | Former Rep. Betty Folliard | Ron Harris | Melissa Hettmann | Marge Hoffa | Mark Hortman | Judith Kahn | Rep. Larry Kraft | Majority Leader Jamie Long | Nevada Littlewolf | Kira Littlewolf | Ken Martin | Polina Montes de Oca | Garrison McMurtrey | Mary & Del Moen | Toni Monster | Catherine Pearson | Daniel Pollock | Gerald Seck | Tim Stanley | Jane Willard | Gia Vitali | David Ziegler
Sponsorships are STILL AVAILABLE – add your name to our list of supporters before time runs out!
Sponsorships
Ally - $1,000
Partner - $500
Supporter - $250
Friend - $100
PURCHASE SPONSORSHIPS [[link removed](details:ticketing-summary)]
There’s still time to join us for the 2024 Fall Action Series!
[[link removed]]
Every year, Women Winning hosts the Action Series leading up to the General Election that supports our endorsed champions of reproductive freedom. With power from everyday people in the community, we knock doors for our incredible candidates to give them an extra boost before Election Day!
THIS WEEKEND
Door Knock with Lara Bergman
Special Guests Councilmembers Andrea Jenkins & Linea Palmisano
Saturday, October 5 - 1PM
Waveland Triangle
4321 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410
UPCOMING
Door Knock with Sarah Kruger
Special Guest Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman
Saturday, October 19 - 1PM
327 W King St
Winona, MN 55987
SD 36 Door Knock with Janelle Calhoun & Rep. Brion Curran
Saturday, October 26 - 1PM
Tamarack Nature Center
5287 Otter Lake Rd
White Bear Township, MN 55110
More events coming soon!
Sign Up [[link removed]]
Passionate about pro-choice politics and reproductive justice issues? Join the Women Winning Board!
[[link removed]]
Women Winning is recruiting new Board members! We are looking for Board members who are passionate about pro-choice politics and reproductive justice issues. Board members donate their time, expertise, and financial support to further Women Winning’s mission of recruiting, training, endorsing, and electing pro-choice women to all levels of elected office. Does this sound like you? Then apply to the Women Winning Board!
Apply, nominate someone, or simply receive more information about serving on the Women Winning Board: please fill out the application form linked below. If you have any questions, please contact our office at (651) 251-0690 or email [email protected].
Learn More & Apply [[link removed]]
Walz Tells of Women Living Under Abortion Bans, Putting Vance on the Defensive in VP Debate
[[link removed]]
When Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was asked about the issue of abortion during the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, he defended his state’s broad abortion-rights law and attacked former President Donald J. Trump’s record on the issue. Then he turned to the stories of women living with the consequences of the abortion bans that have been enacted in states across the country in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Mr. Walz, who is Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, told the story of Amanda Zurawski, who, after doctors sent her home from a hospital in Texas, experienced a complication in her 18th week of pregnancy that could have killed her. And he spoke of Hadley Duvall, a 12-year-old who was raped and impregnated by her stepfather in Kentucky.
Then he turned to the story of Amber Thurman, who died after delays in her medical care connected to Georgia’s ban on abortions after six weeks, according to a report by ProPublica. Ms. Thurman had driven to North Carolina, where she was prescribed a medication abortion. She took an initial pill in that state before driving home. After she took a second pill, she experienced deadly complications. By then, she was hours from the North Carolina clinic that, its director said, would have immediately helped her.
Mr. Walz’s answer was part of a broader Democratic strategy — one that has played out in television ads and campaign speeches, as well as onstage at the Democratic National Convention in August — of using women’s stories about reproductive care to make the case for an urgent need to restore protections on abortion rights. It has been a key theme of this year’s presidential campaign, the first since three Supreme Court justices appointed by Mr. Trump joined the majority that overturned Roe.
Read More [[link removed]]
Senate Democrats think risk of nixing filibuster for abortion is worth the reward
[[link removed]]
Senate Democrats concede there is considerable risk to doing away with the filibuster to codify abortion rights, but also suggest they are likely to try to do so if they get the chance in 2025.
The risk is that once an exception is made for abortion rights, exceptions will be made by a future Republican Senate on a host of issues.
But Democrats say codifying abortion rights and other key legislative priorities is worth the risk.
“There’s real risk anytime there’s debate about rules and procedures in the Senate. It becomes very bitter,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said. “So yes, there is risk.”
“The other problem is there’s risk in having a Senate that’s more dedicated to rules and procedures than it is to getting things done,” Welch continued. “It’s very dangerous for the Senate as an institution to simply not address extraordinarily important issues like reproductive freedom, like voting rights.”
Read More [[link removed]]
The big lie about Project 2025
[[link removed]]
Since it unexpectedly became a viral phenomenon earlier this year, Project 2025 has loomed extraordinarily large over the presidential campaign.
On the debate stage, Kamala Harris called it “a detailed and dangerous plan” that Donald Trump “intends on implementing if he were elected again.”
Trump, meanwhile, insists we should pay no attention to that 922-page policy plan behind the curtain, claiming that he has “nothing to do” with it and has “no idea who is behind” it.
In reality, Project 2025, an initiative put together last year by the right-wing Heritage Foundation to plan for the next GOP administration, was shaped by longtime close allies of Trump. Detailed planning for a second Trump term agenda along these lines is very real, and though the Project 2025 initiative itself has seemingly fizzled out, other groups have picked up the slack.
Read More [[link removed]]
Donate to Women Winning [[link removed]]
Women Winning is a Minnesota non-profit corporation that is recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) organization. Contributions are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes.
Women Winning
2233 University Avenue West
Suite 310
Saint Paul, MN 55114
United States
If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe: [link removed] .