Women Winning Annual Luncheon is Monday, June 2nd at the Renaissance Depot in Minneapolis!

We are honored to welcome Deb Haaland to Minnesota as our 43rd Annual Luncheon keynote speaker. You won’t want to miss her powerful message and call to action. Become a sponsor today with this exclusive invitation to early access sponsorship opportunities.

Presidential, Congressional and Gubernatorial sponsorships are now available. This is an early access opportunity for our strongest supporters to secure their tables today. We expect the Luncheon to sell out, so act now in order to be a part of this incredible event! 

Community is needed now more than ever, and we hope you will be a part of ours at the 43rd Annual Luncheon.  

Women Winning is proud to support Denise Slipy for the upcoming Minnesota Senate Special Election in Senate District 6 on April 29th!

Denise Slipy is a resilient, strong, and competent leader. She knows the challenges that face the communities she is looking to serve throughout the greater Cass, Crow Wing, and Itasca Counties. Throughout her adult life, Denise has dedicated herself to volunteering and serving her community–serving as a volunteer firefighter, first responder, corrections officer, and reserve officer. Raised in a rural area of Indiana by her grandparents who adopted her, she was taught early on the importance of standing up for those who are less fortunate. Denise is passionate about Healthcare, and Economic Development as well as the future of our environment and education. Denise will be a strong advocate for the Northland and the people of Senate District 6 in St. Paul.

By contrast, Denise’s opponent, Keri Heintzeman, is a Nisswa business owner, Trump campaign organizer, wife of state Rep. Josh Heintzeman, and proud January 6th attendee. 

Heintzeman lists “the sanctity of life” as her number two issue on her website, citing “Keri Heintzeman believes in the fundamental value of every human life. As a pro-life advocate, she will defend the rights of the unborn and work to promote a culture that respects life at all stages.”

It is more important than ever that we have strong, unwavering advocates for reproductive rights at every level of government. The predatory actions of former Senator Justin Eichorn are reflective of the larger, more threatening problems of abuse and exploitation of women and girls in our nation, including the restriction of bodily autonomy and abortion rights. Women and girls should be protected by their government and feel safe within their communities. Denise Slipy will champion reproductive freedom in District 6, creating a community that safeguards the rights of its citizens so that every woman, girl, and family can thrive, knowing that their rights will be defended and upheld.

The vacancy in Senate District 6 provides a rare opportunity to flip a very important seat to solidify a strong pro-choice majority in the Senate and we hope you’ll consider contributing to Denise’s campaign before the Special Election on Tuesday, April 29th!
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State lawmakers return from a weeklong break on Monday with a two-year budget still in the works and the clock ticking down on the legislative session.

With about a month left before they’re supposed to adjourn, they’ll hit the gas on a raft of budget bills, moving them from committees to the House and Senate floors, then into conference committees. There, legislators will iron out differences and reach final products that can pass both chambers and get the governor’s signature.

At the same time, top legislative leaders and the governor will meet in a series of closed-door negotiations to finalize a blueprint for the budget. 

“We will begin the work with the administration and with the House to reconcile our spreadsheets, to understand one another's goals,” Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, said after a town hall meeting in Ely. “We will start those, what should be very challenging negotiations.”

It’ll be a bumpy ride in the narrowly divided Capitol but one that leaders say they’re optimistic they can wrap up before May 19. They acknowledge that federal officials could derail their final product and force lawmakers to return for a special legislative session later this year.

On a quiet, sunny Friday in early October in the Appalachian town of Cresaptown, Maryland, a handful of religious leaders and people of faith arrived at an abortion clinic. They were not there to protest the Women’s Health Center of Maryland, which had opened only a year prior. In fact, they were there for a very different type of clinic action—a blessing for the providers and staff, and the communities they serve, to acknowledge the clinic’s work as sacred.

Too often religious leaders show up at abortion clinics to protest and harass the patients and staff that enter them. Beginning in the 1980s, in direct response to the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, violent and extreme clinic harassment and blockades instilled fear in abortion clinic staff, patients, and doctors across the country. According to the National Abortion Federation, which has been compiling statistics on incidents of violence and disruption against abortion providers for 45 years, there have been 11 murders, 42 bombings, 196 arsons, 491 assaults, and thousands of incidents of criminal activities directed at patients, providers, and volunteers since 1977.

Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, anti-abortion activists have redoubled their efforts to intimidate clinic workers and people seeking abortions. Now, with President Donald Trump back in the White House, issuing pardons for 23 anti-abortion clinic protesters and ordering protections under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act be curtailed, abortion care advocates and clinic staff around the country are bracing for a rising onslaught of clinic violence and harassment fueled by white Christian nationalism.

This anti-abortion narrative—that to be religious is to be against abortion rights—is false. The majority of people of faith in the United States support abortion being legal. In fact, there is a long history of religious leaders and people of faith who have supported abortion access, even before the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Started in 1967 by Protestant ministers and Jewish rabbis in New York City, the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CCS) counseled and referred people to licensed, reputable, and trusted physicians for safe abortions under the radar. By 1973, the CCS had chapters in 38 states and helped an estimated 450,000 women access safe abortions.

After Roe legalized abortion nationwide, members of the CCS formed what is now our organization, the Religious Community for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), which has been championing abortion access for more than 50 years. At RCRC, we have worked tirelessly in the face of constant abortion law restrictions and rollbacks, and our presence today is more vital than ever as white Christian Nationalism has found an ally in the White House with its hostility toward reproductive freedom.

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📌 Abortion Access Community Resources from OurJustice