Wisconsin’s Planned Parenthood will start performing abortions again next week, in a major win for reproductive rights. Following last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Republicans used an 1849 state law to justify an abortion ban, putting providers and patients in limbo. This is Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin President Tanya Atkinson.
Tanya Atkinson: “The uncertainty about the enforceability of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law has been devastating for Wisconsin women and people across the gender spectrum who need abortion care. … A ruling by the Dane County Circuit Court in July made it clear that the 1849 law is not enforceable for voluntary abortions.”