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ON THE ISSUES
Ensuring access to women’s health care
Minnesota Democrats believe women should be able to make their own healthcare decisions without interference from politicians.
Since 2022, fourteen states have enacted near-total or total abortion bans, including Minnesota’s neighbors in North and South Dakota.
Thankfully, Minnesota Democrats fought to protect abortion rights, are working to expand access to reproductive health care, and have blocked Minnesota Republicans’ attempts to ban abortion and access to fertility treatments.
Minnesota Democrats will always protect Minnesotans’ access to birth control, abortion care, and fertility treatments that are right for their families.
Minnesota Democrats will grow our economy by growing the middle class. They will work to hold corporations accountable for price gouging to bring costs down for families, and reign in big pharma profits to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
Minnesota Democrats are committed to ensuring small businesses and families are able to get ahead and stay ahead.
Minnesota Republicans support an extreme agenda on women’s rights. Even though the majority of Minnesotans want to keep abortion safe and legal, Minnesota Republicans voted against a 2023 law protecting and expanding access to abortion care.
In fact, between 2005 and 2022, Minnesota Republicans tried and failed to ban abortion 32 times. And during the 2023-2024 Minnesota legislative session, Minnesota Republicans introduced one abortion ban and five abortion restriction bills that were blocked by Minnesota Democrats.
Reducing costs for families
Minnesota Republicans opposed a bill to hold corporations accountable for price gouging the cost of essential goods and services, voted against protecting Minnesotans from hidden, burdensome, and excessive junk fees, and opposed a bill to prevent big pharmaceutical companies from price gouging the cost of the medications that Minnesotans rely on.
Minnesota Republicans care more about protecting the ultra-wealthy and big corporations than looking out for working families.
Investing in our local schools
Minnesota Democrats will work to invest in public schools and deliver meaningful programs like universal school meals for Minnesota students and families.
They support investing in strong public schools to provide more mental health support for students, reduce class sizes, and recruit and retain high-quality teachers.
Minnesota Republicans want to slash funding for public schools, putting students, teachers, and families at risk.
Minnesota Republicans also want to take funding away from Minnesota’s public schools and send it to unaccountable private schools instead.
Minnesota Republicans’ plan to underfund public schools means schools might have to cut classroom programs, lay off teachers, and increase class sizes. And that’s the last thing that our kids and families need right now.
Improving public safety & reducing gun violence
Minnesota Democrats are dedicated to keeping our communities and schools safe from gun violence by supporting common-sense measures that will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.
They support investing in public safety and local first responders to improve safety for everyone.
Minnesota Republicans have an agenda against common-sense policies such as storing guns safely and ensuring criminal background checks on all gun sales.
