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Urge Gov. Pawlenty to Stand Up to the Bush Administration

30 Years of the Hyde Amendment Is Enough!

Urge lawmakers to increase Title X funding, cut “abstinence-only” funding, and repeal the global gag rule!

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8/14/2008
The Pro-Choice party platform!

7/24/2008
Gov. Pawlenty asked to stand up for Commonsense Law

7/18/2008
Opposition to Bush Attack on Birth Control Continues to Grow

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Political Victories

"EC in the ER"

In 2007, after 7 years of activism, organizing and lobbying efforts, the staff and supporters of NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota celebrated the passage of the Emergency Care to Sexual Assault Victims Act.

This important legislation requires all hospital emergency rooms in Minnesota offer and provide emergency contraception and preventative sexually transmitted infection treatment to all survivors of sexual assault who turn to them for help.

NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota worked together with the sexual assault victim/survivors community to make this law a reality. We would like to thank our friends at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the Program to Aid Victims of Sexual Assault in Duluth, and the SAFE Nurses Program.

The new law went into effect August 1, 2007

Increased Support for Family Planning

In the 2007 legislative session, NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota and our coalition partners in the reproductive health community were successful in securing desperately needed additional resources for the state's invaluable network of family planning and community clinics.

The "Prevention First Act" brought these needed improvements:

Prevented a planned 50% reduction in the state Family Planning Special Project grant program, which supported almost 100 family planning and community clinics throughout Minnesota.

Increased the funding support to the state Family Planning and Special Projects grant program to $10 million, it's highest level in over 10 years.

Allowed registered nurses to dispense birth control under a doctor's orders, saving clinics thousands of dollars each year.

Allowed family planning and community health clinics access to the state's drug purchasing pool, reducing the cost birth control for low-income patients.

Gained a 25% increase in the Medicaid reimbursement rate to family planning clinics surviving Minnesota women and families in need.