Pro-Choice Lobby Day is a day of education and activism at the Capitol.  We want to ensure each person who attends feels confident about the issues and talking to their Legislators about reproductive rights. 

Lobby 101:

At each Pro-Choice Lobby Day we have breakout sessions before our visits to help train newcomers to the Capitol and refresh our Lobby Day veterans.  Each session has a Lobby 101 where we have an experienced Lobby Coach explain how to talk to your Legislators about the issues, how to pull an official out of a meeting or off of the Floor and other details that will make your visit more enjoyable. 

Just a little note, Minnesota’s Legislators are very down to earth people.  They are teachers, lawyers, nurses, business people and so on, they are not intimidating or from some upper class society.  We are fortunate here in Minnesota to have such easy access to our Legislators.  They are actually easier to talk to than the mayor or city councils in some larger cities.  Minnesotan’s are very fortunate to have this access so they can directly participate in issues the care about at the Capitol.

Breakout Session topics:

After the Lobby 101 session we have our Breakout Session topic discussions in the same room your Lobby 101 Training was in.  This year we have three topics:  “Faith Based”, “Inequity and Access” and “Am I alone out here?”  These session are meant to inform you on a specific issue, give you a new perspective on Choice in a unique community, help develop the skills to talk about Choice with people around you, or a combination of all of the above.   Simply find a topic that interests you and sign up for that session when you register. 

Faith Based:

Inequity and Access:

In the Legislative fights over the last year we have heard about over turning taxpayer funding of abortion, targeted regulation of abortion providers, 20 week abortion bans, defunding Planned Parenthood, and personhood bills.  But what do these things mean in the everyday life of women needing access to reproductive health services? 

This session will discuss the impacts of these attacks across the State and our communities.  Inequity knows no geographical boundaries and barriers to access are present across our State.  Women of all backgrounds are facing unprecedented attacks on their reproductive rights, but those attacks have a greater impact on certain members of our society.  If you want to learn more about these attacks and who they impact, this is the session for you.