Abortion Politics

If the Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear a closely-watched abortion lawsuit, Attorney General Josh Kaul says he’ll ask for a ruling on whether a woman’s right to choose is protected by the state constitution.

Wisconsin Democrats also argued Hovde would limit women’s access to contraception and certain fertility treatments.

Republicans in the state Assembly approved a bill that would ask voters whether to restrict abortion in Wisconsin after 14 weeks.

Opponents and supporters of abortion access testified at the Wisconsin State Capitol against a bill that would restrict abortions in Wisconsin to the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris took to Waukesha County to discuss the importance of protecting abortion rights.

Health care workers employed by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin have announced their intentions to form a union. The move comes as affiliates of the women’s health provider elsewhere launched unionization efforts, many citing a changing landscape for abortion services after Roe vs. Wade was overturned in 2022. The Wisconsin organizers filed to be recognized under…

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its historic June 2022 Dobbs opinion, all abortion providers in Wisconsin immediately stopped providing the service, citing fears that they could be charged with felonies under a state law first written in 1849 that still remains on the books. For more than a year after,…

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will resume abortion services at its Sheboygan Clinic this week. The decision follows a Dane County judge’s ruling earlier this month that a pre-Civil War state law does not preclude abortion. The organization issued a statement saying it will reopen abortion services at its Sheboygan Health Center on Thursday. “Abortion is…

When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, abortion providers in Wisconsin immediately ceased all abortion services, citing a state law first enacted in 1849. In September, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed abortion services after a Dane County judge ruled that the pre-Civil War law governs feticide rather than consensual abortion.…

A Republican district attorney says he intends to appeal a ruling from Dane County, which handed down a victory this week to supporters of abortion rights. In a final judgement Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper ruled that a pre-Civil War state law bans feticide — when someone attacks a pregnant person and destroys the…