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Poll: Majority of Minnesotans Support Abortion Rights
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
December 21, 2009 - 12:06pm (Print)
St. Cloud State University poll data released on Friday (PDF) shows most Minnesotans support abortion rights and oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, a result that’s in line with polling throughout the decade.
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VIDEO: Klobuchar Joins Senate Push for Women’s Health
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
October 20, 2009 - 9:35am (Print)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is one of several female Democratic senators demanding that health insurance disparities that impact women be eliminated as part of the health reform packages being debated in Congress.
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Michelle Bachmann: "Pants on Fire!"
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
October 1, 2009 - 4:18pm (Print)
Rep. Michele Bachmann warned that the health insurance reform package currently being debated by Congress would set up “sex clinics” in schools where students “taken away” to have abortions. Where does she get these things?
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Bachmann To Raise Funds for Controversial Christian Punk Ministry
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
October 1, 2009 - 3:18pm (Print)
Rep. Michele Bachmann will be headlining a fundraiser in November for controversial ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide (YCRBYCH).
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Rural Women in Minnesota Face Obstacles to Health Care
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
September 2, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
In Minnesota, lack of health insurance, lack of clinics, and factors like poverty, geographic isolation and even extreme winters all reduce rural women's access to health care.
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Abortion Foes Fund Rep. Bachman, Bash State Sen. Clark
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
August 6, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
An analysis of anti-abortion campaign donations finds that Rep. Michele Bachmann is one of the country’s top earners — and she’s delivered for her contributors on that issue.
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Abortions Declined in Minnesota Last Year
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
July 2, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Abortions declined in Minnesota in 2008 for the second straight year. Reproductive health advocates point to expanded access to birth control as the reasons for the decline.
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Army of God Defends Driver in Health Clinic "Crash"
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
May 22, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Matthew Derosia was convicted late last week for ramming his car into the entrance of a Planned Parenthood clinic St. Paul in January during an anti-abortion protest. The Army of God and other anti-choice groups have risen to his defense.
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Minnesota Anti-Choice Group Credits State Program with Slight Drop in Abortion
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
April 20, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Minnesota’s largest anti-abortion group, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, says state-funded anti-abortion programs are responsible for a drop in the number of abortions among low-income women.
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North Dakota Abortion Ban Could Have National Implications
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
March 16, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
North Dakota's "egg-as-person" bill would afford "preborn persons" the "privileges and immunities" of state citizenship.
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