In our last post, Demuth "personally" against abortion, except maybe when she introduced fetal heartbeat bill, we noted that the new Minnesota House Minority leader told WCCO's Esme Murphy:
Demuth is personally against abortion rights but says Republicans need to understand most Minnesotans have a different outlook.
At KVRR, Austin Erickson reports in Anti-abortion leader appalled Red River Women’s Clinic Director receives human rights award:
Anti-abortion advocates are stunned the Director of the Red River Women’s Clinic received a Human Rights Award from the Moorhead Human Rights Commission.
Tammi Kromenaker was not at the City Council meeting Monday to accept the award.
A representative with Pro Life Action Ministries believes giving it to her is despicable since one of the three people involved in an abortion is killed.
The Human Rights Commission says Kromenaker worked every day to make the Red River Women’s Clinic’s move to Moorhead possible after Roe versus Wade was rescinded by the Supreme Court.
“Do you basically see it as the City of Moorhead condoning abortion?” Reporter Austin Erickson asked.
“Absolutely. This is something that the City Council needs to take a look at. I believe they appoint this Human Rights Commission. Where is the leadership in that community? Where’s that elected leadership?” Tim Miller with Pro Life Action Ministries said.
“She continues to put women in the area first without judgment and uses funds that were raised to help patients with basic expenses,” Vice Chair of the Moorhead Human Rights Commission Siham Amedy said.
Kromenaker won the award in the civic/community category.
Miller made the Red River Women's Clinic a focus of his ministry last summer. Bluestem reported in our August 20 post Tall grass prairie? State representative Tim Miller goes to Moorhead for grassroots organizing:
In the Fargo Forum, Melissa Van Der Stad reports in Anti-abortion group holds rally near Red River Women's Clinic in Moorhead:
“I’m not from Moorhead. In the end I am here to give leadership, to assist, but in the end this is meant to be a grassroots effort, a community effort, to say that we don’t want (abortion) in our community.” Miller said.
The guest speaker Friday was David Berit, founder and CEO of 40 Days for Life, who flew in from Washington D.C.
According to its website, 40 Days for Life is an organization that aims to end abortion through prayer and fasting, community outreach and a peaceful all-day vigil in front of abortion businesses [sic].
That's a start, though the article begins with another non-grassrooty marker for Miller's employer:
An anti-abortion group held an event just across the street from the Red River Women's Clinic at its new Moorhead location on Friday, Aug. 19.
The event was hosted by Pro-Life Action Ministries, or PLAM Action, an anti-abortion group based out of St. Paul.
Minnesota state Rep. Tim Miller and executive director of PLAM Action said that the group's primary work is, "the sidewalk counseling outside of abortion clinics in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Rochester.”
There were roughly 120 people gathered under a large tent Friday night, set up on the lawn of local Moorhead business CB & Sons Electric.
Bluestem had reported in February, Retiring Rep. Tim Miller will work for Brian Gibson at Pro-Life Action Ministries sister group. According to Gibson's LinkedIn profile, he serves as Executive Director of Pro-Life Action Ministries.
On August 2, Nick Broadway reported for the Forum in Coalition aims to hinder Red River Women's Clinic's move to Moorhead:
With a recent court battle adding time to the clock, the North Dakota trigger ban on abortion will take hold in 24 days. Anyone seeking abortion care after those 24 days will have to cross state lines into Moorhead, where the Red River Women's Clinic plans to move from its downtown Fargo location.
PLAM Action, a newly formed opposition group which stands for Pro-Life Action Ministries, is publicly pledging to keep the clinic from opening in Moorhead.
Minnesota state representative Tim Miller, a Republican, is one of the people in charge of PLAM Action. He said their options are limited.
"We did investigate to see if we had any sort of legal pathway to stop them," he explained. "We don't."
"Minnesota is becoming an abortion destination for other states, and Moorhead is going to be the tip of that spear," Miller said.
When WDAY News last spoke with Red River Women's Clinic Director Tammi Kromenaker, she said they're not saying where the new clinic will be relocated to ahead of moving — an effort to keep the place safe.
Kromenaker said in response to the opposition group that they are used to, "bullies trying to harass and intimidate" them and their patients, adding they are doing what they can to ensure safety and security at the new site.
Supporters of the Red River Women's Clinic are just shy of raising $1 million on GoFundMe, 39 days after their fundraiser started. Kromenaker has said in the past this money will help them move to Moorhead, make improvements to the new site and install more security features. . .
Demuth is on to something.
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Photo: Tim Miller's self image at doors of the Minnesota House chambers. Via Facebook.
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