Aria Bendix is the breaking health reporter for NBC News Digital.
Months before he was selected as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz toured a Planned Parenthood clinic in his state alongside Harris — the first time a sitting president or vice president had visited an abortion provider. That visit in March put Minnesota’s efforts to safeguard reproductive rights in the spotlight.
As governor, Walz also slashed funding for a grant program under the Minnesota Department of Health that supported so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which offer pregnant people counseling and supplies while often trying to persuade them not to get abortions. Some of these centers have been known to provide inaccurate or misleading information. National Right to Life, the largest anti-abortion organization in the U.S.
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