{"id":1453,"date":"2023-03-22T02:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T03:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2023-03-22T04:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T04:09:18","slug":"gov-evers-pitches-doomed-legislation-to-overturn-wisconsins-pre-roe-abortion-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1453","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Evers Pitches Doomed Legislation to Overturn Wisconsin\u2019s Pre-Roe Abortion Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Less than a week after declaring a Republican-backed plan to add exemptions to Wisconsin\u2019s near-total ban on abortions dead-on-arrival, Gov. Tony Evers and statehouse Democrats are pushing their own abortion legislation.<\/p>\n

The governor on Tuesday said he wants to restore abortion access in Wisconsin to what it was before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been clear from the beginning that I won\u2019t sign a bill that leaves Wisconsin women with fewer rights or freedoms than they had before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe,\u201d Evers said at a Capitol news conference.<\/p>\n

Before the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe, women in Wisconsin could get an abortion up to 20 weeks into their pregnancy. State law also required an ultrasound 24 hours before an abortion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill will simply restore access to safe, legal abortion in Wisconsin to what it was on June 23, 2022. Nothing more, and nothing less,\u201d Evers said.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s legislation comes after Assembly Republicans proposed a plan last week<\/strong><\/a> that would have allowed for abortions in Wisconsin in cases of rape or incest. Currently, Wisconsin law only allows for abortions in cases where the life of the mother is in danger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republicans have their bill, the Democrats have their bill, the people of Wisconsin should be able to hear a debate about this issue, not silence,\u201d the governor added.<\/p>\n

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said in a statement Tuesday that the governor doesn\u2019t want a debate. He wants to dictate to lawmakers what Wisconsin\u2019s abortion law should be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Democrat\u2019 news conference was quite a spectacle, with Gov. Evers\u2019 hypocrisy on full display. Last week, Legislative Republicans introduced a bill that\u2019s a reasonable middle ground to the divisive and opposing viewpoints on abortion. Governor Evers immediately said he would veto it,\u201d Vos said. \u201cLegislative Republicans have continued to say we\u2019re willing to discuss and find consensus. Instead, Governor Evers issues an ultimatum of no negotiating.\u201d<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s legislation is surely dead at the Capitol. Republicans control the legislature and are unwilling to go back to the state\u2019s pre-Roe law.<\/p>\n

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate, Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, is even unwilling to call the Republican-backed exemptions legislation for a vote.<\/p>\n

Instead, Gov. Evers and Democrats in the state continue their efforts to overturn the state\u2019s abortion law through the courts.<\/p>\n

Next month\u2019s election for state Supreme Court will determine if that can happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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