{"id":9092,"date":"2024-02-19T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=9092"},"modified":"2024-02-19T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:03:11","slug":"affiliated-medical-services-abortion-center-to-re-open-on-milwaukees-east-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=9092","title":{"rendered":"Affiliated Medical Services Abortion Center to Re-Open on Milwaukee&#8217;s East Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolifewi.org\/blog\/2024\/2\/19-abortion-center-to-re-open\">https:\/\/www.prolifewi.org\/blog\/2024\/2\/19-abortion-center-to-re-open<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At about 8pm last night, my phone started buzzing and beeping more than usual. One of the messages was, \u201c<strong>AMS is reopening March 5th<\/strong>!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" data-stretch=\"false\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5bd9eaecc258b457d2847b06\/2b116f12-8cf2-44cc-8b6a-d81383c27b30\/9+photos+added+%286%29.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1500\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/9photosadded28629.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" loading=\"lazy\" data-loader=\"sqs\" \/><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>AT&amp;T service van outside of Affiliated Medical Services abortion center.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">This last Thursday, I got a call from a great pro-lifer, Mr. Pickles.\u00a0 He was on Milwaukee\u2019s East Side and noticed they had taken down all the realtor signs from the front window at Affiliated Medical Services (<em>1428 N Farwell Ave<\/em>), the <strong>abortion center <\/strong>that closed in 2022 following <em>Dobbs<\/em>.\u00a0 He told me that someone had also drawn the blinds and that, \u201cthe Asian lady was there.\u201d\u00a0 I asked, \u201cTHE Asian lady?\u00a0 The one who has worked there for over fourteen years?\u00a0 THAT Asian lady?\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cyeah, I think so.\u201d\u00a0 I said I\u2019ll be there in twenty minutes.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr. Pickles and I sat in his truck for a time, waiting for something to happen.\u00a0 Then an AT&amp;T van showed up, two service technicians got out of the van and rang their doorbell.\u00a0 They were inside for no longer than twenty minutes.\u00a0 I tried to call their old phone number but got the age-old recording with the screeching computer noise that this number is disconnected.\u00a0 Their website was not updated at that time and still had the permanently closed message up on the front page.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>A lot has changed in five days.<\/strong> Their website is now up and running, and a date for their re-opening has been confirmed: Tuesday March 5, 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" data-stretch=\"false\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5bd9eaecc258b457d2847b06\/436c8dff-179d-44df-8147-4dda4a90ef31\/9+photos+added+%285%29.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1500\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/9photosadded28529.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" loading=\"lazy\" data-loader=\"sqs\" \/><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Affiliated Medical Services abortion center<\/strong> <strong><em>(428 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee)<\/em><\/strong> <strong> is set to re-open on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">When the US Supreme Court\u2019s Dobbs decision was handed down, overturning Roe v. Wade, my first thought was, \u201cwe are in for a fight \u2013 the battle has just now begun.\u201d\u00a0 From a logistical standpoint, we have been focusing our sidewalk counseling efforts at Planned Parenthood, located at 435 S Water Street, in Milwaukee.\u00a0 This will change things.\u00a0Now, we will be fighting the war from two fronts here in Milwaukee, as well as local efforts in Madison and Sheboygan, La Crosse, Green Bay, Rhinelander, Waukesha, Appleton, and beyond.\u00a0 I know the pro-lifers in Wisconsin will rise up to the challenge. What else can we do?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">We simply cannot sit idly by as we watch \u201cthe train cars on their way the Auschwitz and Treblinka go by.\u201d\u00a0 We cannot \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ofcs9Y7qL4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Sing a Little Louder<\/span><\/a>\u201d in church to drown out the cries of those being led to the slaughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The only way to get abortion out of Wisconsin is to make it completely illegal. That\u2019s the goal. Please help us.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve been doing other things \u2013 now is the moment to reprioritize your precious time for the babies of Wisconsin.\u00a0Watch your emails and follow us on social media @ProLifeWI for updates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<nav class=\"sqs-svg-icon--list\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/prolifewi\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sqs-svg-icon--wrapper instagram-unauth\" aria-label=\"Instagram\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProLifeWI\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sqs-svg-icon--wrapper facebook\" aria-label=\"Pro-Life Wisconsin\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/ProLifeWI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sqs-svg-icon--wrapper x-formerly-twitter-unauth\" aria-label=\"X\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/nav>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Dan Miller\u00a0<br \/>State Director<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Dan.M@ProLifeWI.org?subject=Sidewalk%20Counseling%20101%20Inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><strong>Dan.M@ProLifeWI.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong><br \/>262-796-1111 x111<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.prolifewi.org\/blog\/2024\/2\/19-abortion-center-to-re-open At about 8pm last night, my phone started buzzing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-life-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9097,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9092\/revisions\/9097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}