What You Can Do to Help Planned Parenthood Right Now
It's up to us to protect access to Planned Parenthood services so they are available to people who rely on them. It's up to us to make sure Planned Parenthood clinics will be there wherever and whenever they are needed—no matter what.
Women's March in Minnesota
An estimated 100,000 Minnesotans stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the Capitol in the struggle for equality and justice at the Women's March in Minnesota on Saturday, January 21.
2016 Holiday Gift Guide
Get your holiday gift giving on at style with this holiday gift guide from Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Election 2016: Endorsed Candidates
Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund endorsed candidates.
Election 2016: What's At Stake
The stakes for women’s health have never been higher than they are in the 2016 election -- access to safe and legal abortion, insurance coverage for birth control, and ensuring patients can still access Planned Parenthood’s preventive services are all hanging in the balance.
Minnesota Youth Activists Take D.C. by Storm
Peer health educators from Minnesota joined 150 other young change-makers for Lift as we Climb, the inaugural Teen Council Summit in Washington D.C. The Teen Council Program is an educational model that trains teen members to present medically-accurate sexuality information to their peers and other members of their communities.
Police Shooting of Philando Castile
Our world is not just, and will never be so until no one fears for their safety because of their skin color. We will never forget Philando Castile—or Alton Sterling, Jamar Clark, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin—or any of the many people who have lost their lives. We are all traumatized by what is happening, and we will unflinchingly examine the entrenched racism in our culture, in ourselves, and in our civil institutions. We will honor their memories not by moments of silence, but rather by working until we persevere in overcoming racism and creating the world that we want for all of our children.
Abortion Stigma in the Media
Abortion stigma, or the shared cultural understanding that abortion is morally wrong and/or socially unacceptable, often silences the most important voices in the political conversation: people who have actually had abortions.
Supreme Court Watch: Celebrating the Court's Historic Decision on HB2
On June 27, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision on abortion access, ruling that Texas’ dangerous, medically unnecessary abortion restrictions—which were designed to shut down clinics but billed as “helpful” to women—are, in fact, unconstitutional. Abortion rights advocates and Planned Parenthood affiliates in all corners of the country celebrated, and Minnesota was no exception.