Abortion

Matt Birk refused White House trip because President Obama is pro-choice

Yesterday, the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens took the standard trip to the White House to meet, greet, and pose for a photo with President Obama.SEE ALSO: Jesse Ventura says Obama is basically the black George W. Bush But the starting center on that team -- St. Paul native and longtime Viking ... More >>

North Dakota now has the strictest anti-abortion law in the nation

A bill signed into law today by Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple is the strictest anti-abortion measure on the books in any state.SEE ALSO: North Dakota tries to market itself as hookup haven, failsThe law bans abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected. That can happen as early as six weeks i ... More >>

North Dakota moving to ban all abortions with "personhood" bills

North Dakota is establishing itself as the most anti-abortion state in the nation with "personhood" bills that are working their way through the GOP-dominated Legislature.SEE ALSO: North Dakota Capitol reporters repeatedly warned about wearing revealing clothing If either of the measures are ultimat ... More >>

John Kline gave $4,000 to Scott DesJarlais in October, but won't publicly support him now

Tomorrow, Minnesota U.S. Rep. John Kline is hosting a fundraiser for sex scandal-embattled Tennessee U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais.THE BACKSTORY: John Kline hosting fundraiser for "anti-abortion zealot with running tab at Planned Parenthood"Kline won't be attending the event and his spokesman won't say ... More >>

John Kline hosting fundraiser for "anti-abortion zealot with running tab at Planned Parenthood"

U.S. Rep. John Kline is under fire for hosting a fundraiser for embattled Tennessee U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais. Kline's office says he won't be attending the event.SEE ALSO: GOP Reps. Erik Paulsen and John Kline taking heat for supporting "forcible rape" language In our recent cover feature about th ... More >>

Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange bill contains DFL-introduced anti-abortion measure

Last night, in a largely party-line 72-58 vote, the Minnesota House of Representatives approved legislation to create the statewide Health Insurance Exchange mandated by Obamacare.SEE ALSO: Republicans sound the trumpet as Obamacare contributes to St. Jude's Minnesota layoffs But a controversial ame ... More >>

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Abortion foes don't want Dems spending money on bust of Harry Blackmun, Roe v. Wade author

Yesterday, a bill was introduced to use an as-of-yet-undetermined amount of taxpayer funds on a Capitol bust of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.SEE ALSO: Women can't get non-surgical abortions in Wisconsin Blackmun was boyhood buddies with fellow St. Paul native and future Supreme C ... More >>

Michele Bachmann won't say whether she thinks abortion is okay in cases of rape [AUDIO]

Days after being laughed at for saying 'I do not do political speech,' Michele Bachmann offered up some very political speech. And you wonder why people found her remark to be worthy of some knee slaps?SEE ALSO:-- Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" belief likely stems from University of Minnesota paper-- ... More >>

Norm Coleman, contra Romney, says Roe v. Wade "not going to be reversed" [VIDEO]

During a meeting with the Republican Jewish Coalition yesterday in Beechwood, Ohio, former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman -- now working as an adviser to the Romney campaign -- was asked about abortion rights.SEE ALSO:-- Norm Coleman's "shadowy" American Action Network under fire for flouting law-- GOP R ... More >>

GOP Reps. Erik Paulsen and John Kline taking heat for supporting "forcible rape" language

SEE ALSO:-- Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" belief likely stems from University of Minnesota paper-- Iowa Rep. Steve King: Another GOPer hopelessly out of touch about rape, conception [VIDEO]Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin's troubling "legitimate rape" comments have created an opening for D ... More >>

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch: "There is a way to have a more 'forcible rape'" [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Mary Hoglund, 83, spits in Romney supporter's face during Wisconsin event [VIDEO]-- GOP Reps. Erik Paulsen and John Kline taking heat for supporting "forcible rape" language-- Paul Ryan's Iowa State Fair speech gets messy as protesters are hauled away [VIDEO]In a clip that is the epitome ... More >>

Gary Boisclair, congressional candidate, running graphic dead fetus ad on Twin Cities TV [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Chris Fields: I didn't call Keith Ellison a reverse racist in "reverse racism" ad-- Michele Bachmann's Keith Ellison comments: Media criticized for "unconscionable" headlinesCongressional candidate Gary Boisclair has absolutely no chance to defeat Keith Ellison in an August 14 Democratic ... More >>

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Duluth's only abortion clinic braces for anti-abortion center to open across street

The corner of First Street and First Avenue in downtown Duluth will soon be the frontline of Minnesota's culture war.Anti-abortion advocates have received approval to open a Women's Care Center kitty-corner from the Women's Health Center, which is the only clinic in northern Minnesota offering abort ... More >>

Women can no longer get non-surgical abortions in Wisconsin

Yesterday, Gov. Mark Dayton announced his veto of a bill that would've banned so-called "telemedicine abortions" and required the physical presence of a doctor when an abortion is performed.  What a difference a few hundred votes can make! In our neighbor to the east, a similar bill signed by G ... More >>

Dayton vetoes two abortion-restricting bills

Today, Gov. Mark Dayton announced he's vetoing a bill that would've banned so-called "telemedicine abortions" and required the physical presence of a doctor when an abortion is performed.Last Thursday, Dayton announced his veto of a separate bill that would've required abortion clinics to be license ... More >>

Abortion crackdowns advancing through Minnesota legislature

Yesterday, the House and Senate approved two distinct abortion crackdowns.The House bill would ban so-called "telemedicine abortions" and require the physical presence of a doctor when an abortion is performed. The Senate bill would mandate abortion clinics to be licensed and subject them to random ... More >>

MN Senate committee passes two anti-abortion bills

​Remember all the talk about the MNGOP staying focused on job creation? Well, instead of that, Republican lawmakers continue to devote their energies to making it more difficult for women to get abortions.Yesterday, a divided Senate committee passed two anti-abortion measures -- one that would req ... More >>

Michele Bachmann delivers anti-abortion message to thousands in St. Paul

​She's baaaack!Nearly three weeks after dropping out of the presidential race, Michele Bachmann made her first public appearance since her campaign went the way of the Costa Concordia, delivering a message aimed at all women who believe they have a right to control what happens inside their bodies ... More >>

NARAL Report: Crisis Pregnancy Centers give false medical information to pregnant women

​In a new report released by NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota Foundation, pro-choice advocates accuse state funded "crisis pregnancy centers" in the metro area of dispensing deliberately misleading or false information about pregnancy in an attempt to dissuade women from having an abortion. "Everyone ... More >>

Michele Bachmann bill would make women listen to fetal heartbeat before an abortion

​With her presidential campaign foundering, it appears that Michele Bachmann is getting back to her super crazy roots. She's just introduced the "Heartbeat Informed Consent Act" to congress, a truly epic work of legislative lunacy.

Michele Bachmann calls Mitt Romney insufficiently pure on abortion

Bachmann loves activist judges.​Michele Bachmann says she's a constitutional conservative who doesn't want judges legislating from the bench. But she doesn't mean it. If she's elected president, she's now promising she will appoint only judges who will use their positions to fight abortion rights ... More >>

Dayton vetoes abortion bills, reminds politicians they aren't doctors

​Just to prove they weren't totally heartless, Republicans pushed through a bill this session that, while outlawing all abortions after 20 weeks, made exceptions for saving the life of a mother or sparing her from irreparable physical harm. But if that woman were a victim of rape or incest, the b ... More >>

Minnesota is 7th worst state to be a woman

WikimediaNo country for young women.​In the past few weeks, Minnesota has been labeled the gayest, the bike-friendliest, and the most hipster-y, but apparently it's no place for a lady. Yet another declarative article has slammed our fair state for being one of the ten worst to be a woman of ... More >>

Michele Bachmann made up "LensCrafters of Big Abortion" quote

Bachmann brings the bosh to Iowa.​"The executive director of Planned Parenthood in Illinois said they want to become the LensCrafter of big abortion in Illinois," Michele Bachmann told Iowa social conservatives on Monday. A Planned Parenthood executive said that?

Anti-abortion group sues St. Michael-Albertville High School

ADF attorney Matt Sharp wants the pro-life club at high school​A Christian legal organization is suing St. Michael-Albertville High School for denying students the right to meet as an anti-abortion student club. The Alliance Defense Fund is claiming that the high school violated students' rel ... More >>

Rep. Bob Barrett relies on Rick Santorum for abortion advice

Rep. Bob Barrett.​A House committee has just passed a bill outlawing abortion after 20 weeks, one of nine anti-abortion measures currently under consideration in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Abortions like these are rare in Minnesota; about one-half of one percent of the total each ... More >>

Republicans would ban all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

House Speaker Kurt Zellers is among the sponsors of the bill.​We're not sure what any of this has to do with their campaign promises to create jobs, jobs and more jobs for Minnesotans, but Republicans in the Legislature have introduced their fifth anti-abortion rights bill this session. If t ... More >>

Phil Jensen, S.D. lawmaker, offers bill justifying homicide against abortion providers

S.D. Rep. Phil Jensen says this is all a misunderstanding.​A bill that could make murdering an abortion provider a justifiable homicide was apparently this close to becoming law in neighboring South Dakota. But Phil Jensen, the Rapid City Republican and avid abortion rights opponent who authored ... More >>

Michele Bachmann misleads supporters about CDC abortion data

​There she goes again. Rep. Michele Bachmann has stated flatly to supporters in a fundraising e-mail that the Obama administration is refusing to publish the CDC's annual "Abortion Surveillance Report." But an e-mail (below) obtained by Media Matters shows that the report has been submitted ... More >>

Congress reconsiders rape redefinition bill supported by Bachmann, Kline, Cravaack and Peterson

Ok, ok! Rape is rape.​Maybe they were just trying to get a rise out of us? Legislators are backing off the move we told you about last week that would have narrowed the cases in which victims of rape would be eligible for publicly funded abortions. Minnesota representatives supported the bil ... More >>

Michele Bachmann promotes video smear of Planned Parenthood [UPDATE]

Is it real, or is it propaganda?​Michele Bachmann wants to defund Planned Parenthood, and she wants you to think that Planned Parenthood supports child sex trafficking. She's directing her Facebook visitors to a debunked video from anti-abortion activist Lila Rose, and her Live Action crew, to m ... More >>

Bachmann, Kline, and Cravaak want to redefine rape because of abortion funding

Congress wants to exclude protection for victims of non-"forcible rape."​They ran for office talking about jobs and the economy, but some of Minnesota's Republican congressional reps are wading right in to one of the ugliest corners of the culture wars. Minnesota representatives Michele Bachmann, ... More >>

Republicans want "Choose Life" license plates

The "Choose Life" llicense plate being proposed by Republicans.​Republicans are busy in the culture warrior kitchen. Today, a group of them introduced H.F. 91, which calls for the creation of "Choose Life" license plates. Funds from the sale of the plates would be directed only to counties that a ... More >>

Tom Hackbarth won't be charged in armed search for girlfriend

Tom Hackbarth parks at Planned Parenthood, and his career takes a turn for the worse.​St. Paul police suspected Republican state Rep. Tom Hackbarth of stalking and harassment the day he strapped a loaded gun to his hip, parked his pickup truck next to Planned Parenthood in Highland Park, and w ... More >>

Birthornot.com owners: It's not a hoax [UPDATED]

Photo via wiki.racetotheright.comPete "ThePete" Arnold gets his Star Trek on.​Pete and Alisha Arnold have gone on the record saying their website poll asking whether Alisha should have an abortion is not a hoax. Update: It's looking like anti-abortion advocacy. More after the jump. But while ... More >>

Pete and Alisha Arnold want you to vote on their abortion [UPDATE]

Pete and Alisha Arnold say they're serious.​We live in a democracy, right? So Pete and Alisha Arnold of Apple Valley have decided to let you cast your vote on whether or not Alisha should have an abortion. (Update after the jump: Anti-abortion hoax?) The clock is ticking, by the way. They say ... More >>

Birthornot.com: Is it a hoax or not?

Are these people for real?​As a story, it's almost too good to be true. In fact, it may not be true at all. The more we look into the online abortion poll posted at birthornot.com, the more suspicious it sounds.

Planned Parenthood announces new St. Paul HQ

​Planned Parenthood's Highland Park clinic in St. Paul, the frequent scene of anti-abortion protests -- and, more recently, counter-protests favoring reproductive rights -- is closing up shop. But the services it offers aren't going away. Instead, the women's reproductive health organization ... More >>

Michele Bachmann chided by conservative American Spectator

​When it comes to red-meat conservative opinion journalism, the American Spectator plays in deep right field. So it counts for something when the magazine's Nicole Russell pens a flattering portrayal of Bachmann, but points out that, while the congresswoman gabs with Sean Hannity, shares the ... More >>

Al Franken, reproductive rights, and a debate that goes nowhere

This is not news: Both sides of the abortion debate are dug in tighter than a stubborn mule. Here's a perfect example.

Franken calls for abortion rights in Senate's health care bill

It's the second time in recent weeks that Minnesota's junior senator has taken up traditionally feminist causes.

Number of Minnesota abortions continues to decline

There were 12,948 abortions performed last year, down by 895 from 2007.

Planned Parenthood of Minnesota adds U.S. Marshal protection after Tiller murder

After the murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Kansas this weekend, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota is accepting additional security from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Minneapolis Tiller vigil scheduled Tuesday night at Loring Park

A Minneapolis vigil has been scheduled to remember late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller who was murdered Sunday in Kansas.

Doctor killer had Operation Rescue phone number

It was for the group's senior policy adviser, who in 1988 was convicted of conspiring to bomb a California abortion clinic, a crime for which she served two years in prison.

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Man celebrates Roe v. Wade by smashing into clinic

Bush's parting gift: no morning-after pill for you!

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