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January 8th, 2026

 

Kick Off 2026 with Strategy, Community, and Women Winning

Join Executive Director Nevada Littlewolf for an exclusive New Year Deskside Briefing featuring insider updates, strategic reflections, and a look ahead at how Women Winning is preparing for the 2026 election year—and how you can be part of it.

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An Attack on Veterans—and Life-Saving Abortions

This holiday season, the Trump administration quietly banned all abortion for veterans and their families. Last week, the Department of Veterans Affairs implemented a new policy that reverses a Biden-era rule allowing abortions in cases of rape, incest, and health- and life-threatening pregnancies. Now, the agency can’t even counsel on abortion.

Media outlets are reporting that the VA can still provide life-saving abortions, but that’s not really what the new policy says. This is important: In a leaked memo obtained by Democracy Forward, the VA notes that “life-saving services that are not considered abortion…may be provided.” It goes on to say that patients with life-threatening pregnancies can be provided with “care,” “procedures,” “treatment,” and “intervention.” Not abortions.

This language is not an accident.

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US abortion pill access under fire: Lawsuits and regulatory battles to watch in 2026

Since the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, nearly half of U.S. states have banned or severely restricted the procedure, driving a surge in medication abortion - now used in more than 60% of abortions nationwide.

That has fueled a new wave of legal battles, with Republican-led states and conservative groups pressing to curb access to the abortion drug mifepristone, while providers and Democratic-led states push to expand it. Here's a look at the key lawsuits and regulatory fights whose outcomes could impact access to the drug in the year ahead:

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📌 Deskside Briefing with Women Winning Executive Director

  • Join us for Women Winning’s Deskside Briefing—a fast-paced, behind-the-scenes conversation with our Executive Director on where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and how you can help shape the path to victory in a pivotal election year. 
     
  • Whether you’re a longtime partner or newly engaged in our movement, this is a unique chance to get closer to the heart of our organization, hear directly from leadership, and ask questions in an open, transparent conversation.
     
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📌 Joshua Colangelo-Bryan presents Through the Gates of Hell in Conversation with Keith Ellison

  • Through the Gates of Hell is an account of the legal and security issues that arose as he represented GTMO prisoners, but even more, its focus is on the unlikely friendship he forged with Jaber Muhammed, a detainee there who was among those branded by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as the “most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the earth.” Despite dehumanizing conditions within the world’s most infamous detention center, the two men forge a profound bond in their shared pursuit of justice. It’s a rare story about humanity and friendship at GTMO, and about what it takes to fight for human rights in the face of demagoguery and the demonization of entire groups of people.
  • ⏰ Tuesday, January 27, 7:00 PM
  • 📍Magers & Quinn Booksellers - Registration Required
 

📌 An Evening with Secretary Hillary Hodham Clinton

  • The evening, titled “An Evening with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton: An Evening Unscripted,” will feature Secretary Clinton in a thought-provoking and personal conversation about her life in public service, from her experiences as First Lady, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State, to her perspectives on leadership, diplomacy, civic engagement and discourse, and the issues shaping our world today. This will be a remarkable evening of dialogue and civic inspiration, and a wonderful opportunity to come together in celebration of leadership, service, and public engagement. 
     
  • More about the event can be found at www.EminentSpeakers.com, however, you must use the special ticket link in this email to purchase tickets in the Women Winning reserved seating section and rate.
     
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📌 Join Rising Collective

  • Rising Collective is a community of pro-choice organizers, advocates, early-career leaders, and professionals rising to shape Minnesota’s future. 
  • Learn more and apply through our website!
 

📌 Save the Date: Wine, Chocolate & Choice - March 5th, 2026!

  • Join us at The Whim in Minneapolis for Wine, Chocolate & Choice, an inclusive political networking event for everyone who is passionate about pro-choice politics and reproductive freedom. In a moment of rising anti-choice extremism, it’s more important than ever that we gather in community — to connect, recharge, and strengthen the movement together. Enjoy a silent auction, wine wall, delicious food, and great company.
 

📌 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. 
  • Find a clinic, get the abortion pill, find resource funding and more from OurJustice.
 
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