Agard Backs Special Session to Repeal Criminal Abortion Ban |
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Commentary |
Written by Melissa Agard Press |
Wednesday, 08 June 2022 19:47 |
Milwaukee, WI – Today, Governor Tony Evers called for a special session on June 22, 2022 for the Wisconsin State Legislature to repeal Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban. This follows the recent Politico release of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court in a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, demonstrating the court’s intent to strike down Roe v. Wade. State Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement:
“If Roe is overturned, a 173-year-old Wisconsin law criminalizing abortion will likely go into effect. We must not return to the days of criminalizing doctors for providing care to their patients and criminalizing patients for seeking that care. In fact, we know that banning abortions won’t stop them here in Wisconsin or anywhere else—it will only make abortions unsafe and put peoples’ lives at risk just for accessing the healthcare they need. “We can’t sit back and wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to make a decision that will turn back the clock decades and affect every single Wisconsinite—our State Legislature must come together to repeal Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban. I applaud Governor Evers for taking action and defending reproductive rights. I implore my legislative colleagues not to simply gavel in and out of this extremely vital special session. “Wisconsinites—our friends, neighbors, and family members—need us to act with compassion and protect the fundamental right to bodily autonomy. Protecting the right to have an abortion—to make private and personal medical decisions—has never been so urgent.” Sign the petition to call on our legislative leaders to repeal Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban in Governor Evers’ special session on June 22, 2022. |
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