By Karen Stokes Hours before the state senate was to be convened on Tuesday for the first time in 2023, Democrats posed a standoff. Legislative Democrats put forth a substitute amendment on Senate Joint Resolution 4 to gather people’s viewpoint on eliminating Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion ban. The Republican controlled legislature wanted to ask voters […]
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In Battleground States Abortion and Equal Rights are top Issues for Young Women Voters
By Kathy Spillar Executive Editor, Ms. magazine Nationwide election surveys of voters continue to be reported as showing the economy is a top issue for all voters without much analysis on key audiences and the intensity of abortion and equal rights. This year, Ms. magazine took a deep dive into voter attitudes in nine key […]
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PPAWI on Allowing DA’s to Prosecute Abortions in Other Counties
WISCONSIN – Wisconsin attorney general candidate Eric Toney (R) says district attorneys should cross county lines to prosecute abortion cases. The future that he sees for the state is loud and clear: take away the right to bodily autonomy, prosecute doctors for providing healthcare, and empower counties to divert their own public safety resources to […]
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Ron Johnson Wants to Roll Back Reproductive Rights to 1849
By Congresswoman Gwen Moore Before Roe v. Wade, Wisconsin women would collect money to help their friends and neighbors get to New York to have an abortion. I know because I was one of them. At 19 years old, after my first child was born, I got pregnant for a second time and decided to […]
Vice President Harris Holds Roundtable Discussion on Reproductive Rights
By Karen Stokes Vice President Kamala Harris met with civil rights and reproductive rights leaders at the White House to discuss the fight to protect reproductive health care and abortion access. “With the Supreme Court making the decision in Dobbs, to take a constitutional right that has been recognized from the people of America from […]
Here’s What to Know About Abortion Access in Post-Roe Wisconsin
By Samantha McCabe Wisconsin Watch This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Since the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal constitutional right to an abortion in June, Wisconsin physicians have operated under a near-total abortion ban from […]
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Republican Attacks on Abortion Threaten Wisconsinites’ Health
By Samantha Crowley MD Candidate – Class of 2025 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health As a medical student at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, I have committed to furthering my education so that I can provide my future patients with the best care possible. Through years […]
Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Despite Public Opinion
By Karen Stokes Last Friday, the Supreme Court voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, on a 5-4 vote, a nearly 50-year-old ruling that protected a pregnant woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. The decision clears the way for over a dozen of states to swiftly ban the procedure and throws the country […]
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Know Your Rights, Know the Law, Educate Others
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Last week, Roe V. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that protected women’s right to an abortion, was overturned. This decision came from the highest court in our nation, creating panic and uncertainty about the future. Although this decision does change accessibility to abortions, in many states, there are […]
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Precedent Be Dammed
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Kavanaugh and A Nation’s Short Memory on Abortion Susan Collins we told you so. From the rafters to the floor, women were shouting at their TVs during Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 confirmation hearing. We knew it, we knew it, we knew it. We knew, while he sat there auditioning […]