Abortion Politics

Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion policy and availability has been in flux in Wisconsin, and providers and advocates say it can leave patients confused.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will resume abortion services in the state nearly a month after pausing them due to cuts to Medicaid under President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law. 

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says it’s working to schedule as many appointments as possible before it hits “pause” on abortions starting Oct. 1.

The number of abortions in Wisconsin has been rising since late 2023, approaching monthly totals last seen before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new analysis shows.

Family planning clinics in Wisconsin are facing funding cuts under the massive law signed by President Donald Trump last week.

The June leak of a draft order showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood, which is seeking to declare access to abortion a right protected by the state constitution.

Wisconsin Democrats have introduced a bill that would do away with restrictions on abortion in Wisconsin, including repealing a Civil War-era law long interpreted as banning abortion in the state.

WPR is asking people what they care about as they head to the polls. Voters at an event in Madison said abortion and reproductive rights were among their top issues.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it helped drive up Democratic turnout. This year, Democrats are again making it the centerpiece of their campaigns.

Democrat Kristin Lyerly is running as an outspoken advocate for abortion rights in her campaign for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. But it’s unclear whether that issue will help Democrats in the Republican-leaning seat.