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October 9th, 2025
Join Women Winning for A Duluth Night Out!
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On Saturday, October 19th, from 4-6 pm, we’re headed to Hoops Brewing Company in Duluth for a happy hour with our Greater Minnesota community! Come and connect with Women Winning and our board members, as well as hear from a few of our endorsed candidates in the Duluth area. It’s a chance to build community, hear what’s ahead, and enjoy a great evening together. We can’t wait to see you there!
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As U.S. government shutdown continues, Sen. Klobuchar says health care urgent issue
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The U.S. Senate adjourned for the weekend after failing for the fourth time to take up either major political party’s proposal to reopen the federal government. That near-guarantees the shutdown will extend at least until Monday.
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Democratic U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar about the shutdown.
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The Rise of the MAHA Movement and Implications for Women
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The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement has exploded in recent years, blending wellness culture, political populism, and deep distrust of mainstream medicine. Under current federal leadership, MAHA is reshaping health policy. But behind its promises of empowerment and clean living lies a troubling pattern: shifting responsibility onto women, amplifying shaky science, and ignoring systemic drivers of poor health.
MAHA began as a health crusade led by RFK Jr., long known for his anti-vaccine activism and “natural health” rhetoric. Now, with RFK Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), MAHA has moved from the fringes into the center of federal health policy. The HHS website prominently declares “Our priority: Make America Healthy Again,” highlighting how the movement has become a driving force in Washington, shaping debates on everything from drug labeling to school lunch programs. At its core, the movement claims that chronic disease, developmental disorders, and rising health costs are linked to “toxins” in food, medicine, and the environment.
The MAHA movement highlights America’s health crisis, citing that 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease, 1 in 4 American children suffer from allergies, and 40% of Americans are diabetic or prediabetic. These statistics are not invented, they reflect real and pressing health concerns. Chronic disease and diabetes are among the leading drivers of medical costs and poor health outcomes in the United States, and the prevalence of allergies among children has indeed climbed in recent decades. The problem is not whether these issues are real, but how the MAHA movement chooses to frame and address those issues.
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Restricting, cutting Medicaid funding shifts more reproductive health care to telemedicine
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That morning in 2019, she was hunched over her toilet, feeling what she described as a “weird burning nausea,” abdominal pain and other symptoms. She remembered the Planned Parenthood telehealth ad she’d seen recently. Elgatian downloaded the app, and within a couple hours from her bathroom, she was video chatting with a health provider. She recalled that the doctor could tell she had a urinary tract infection just by looking at her face.
“They were like, yeah, those are textbook symptoms, and you are cringing,” said Elgatian, 35, who lives on the outskirts of Davenport, Iowa, where the nearest pharmacy is at least a 20-minute drive. But luckily, Elgatian’s spouse was able to get the antibiotics the Planned Parenthood provider prescribed, and with it, relief. “That was really scary, just because, if you’ve ever had a UTI, when they’re bad, they’re so bad.”
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📌 Allies in Action
* 🎉 Join us on November 6th at BauHaus Brew Labs for an evening of connection, conversation, and collective power. Allies in Action will bring together voices from across Minnesota who are showing up, speaking out, and taking action for reproductive rights and pro-choice leadership.
* 📅 Thursday, November 6 | 6:00-8:00 PM CT
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📌 WFM Leadership Celebration
* Join League of Women Votes in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the day when 90 percent of the women of Iceland walked off the job and out of their homes. On October 24, 1975, the women of Iceland brought their country to a standstill, refusing to work, cook, or care for their children. Frustrated by unequal wages and labor conditions, they came together as a collective, demanding recognition and a better future.
* 📍 The O’Shaughnessy Theater
* 📅 Friday, October 24th | 6:30 PM
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📌 Abortion Access Community Resources from OurJustice
* From locating a clinic to finding childcare or transportation, we know it can be overwhelming to arrange everything necessary to access an abortion. Women Winning partner, OurJustice, has collected lists of community resources and services so that it’s easier to get the care you need.
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