Looking for community, connection, and a way to take action? Then join Women Winning for Wine, Chocolate, & Choice 2025! 

Wine, Chocolate, and Choice 2025

Date: Thursday, March 13th, 2025

Location: The Whim, 655 19th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418  

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM 

Wine, Chocolate, and Choice is an inclusive networking event for people of all genders who are passionate about pro-choice politics and reproductive freedom. In an era of dangerous and increasing anti-choice extremism, it is vital that we gather in community and be fearless in support of reproductive justice. 

March is Women’s History Month. We’re reflecting on the trailblazing women of the past who have defended and expanded abortion rights, especially when the future was threatening and uncertain. Inspired by our legacy and armed with a new strategic plan, we’re creating a future with reproductive freedom for all 

Bring your whole self, and all your pro-choice friends to this political networking event!

Sponsorships now available! General admission tickets are available February 6th.

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Grassroots - $250

Join Women Winning for the next event in our Training Series as we gear up for 2025 and beyond!  

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We can’t wait to work with you in 2025!

With President Donald Trump back in office, activists and lawmakers are pressing for federal action that would further weaken access to abortion. But abortion has been notably absent from the executive actions in the first days of the new administration. 

In his last term, Trump pushed anti-abortion policies: He nominated judges who opposed reproductive rights, eliminated federal funding for organizations that refer patients for abortion, and promised to overturn Roe v. Wade. He was the first sitting president to attend the March for Life, the nation’s biggest anti-abortion gathering. And in his failed 2020 presidential campaign, he pledged to pursue more restrictions on abortion if sent back to the White House. 

With federal abortion protections eliminated, Trump has backed away from publicly supporting anti-abortion policies, even while some state lawmakers have pressed for more restrictions after his victory. Polling shows that abortion bans are broadly unpopular, including among voters who lean Republican.

University of Minnesota researchers have found that obstetrics units continue to close in rural counties in Minnesota and across the country. 

Minnesota has seen its fair share of obstetric (OB) unit closures, such as the Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague, which closed its unit in early 2024, and Essentia Health-Fosston, which also closed in 2024. 

Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont reported its OB unit will close in March due to staffing shortages and other issues, including, according to a statement from the health system, “decreasing patient volumes and birth rates, and an increase in the number of patients with complex needs who need higher levels of care.”