We’ll see how this goes…..
This announcement is bound to draw new legal challanges by anti-abortion forces….
The Wisconsin attorney general, a Democrat, sued in state court to try to overturn that law. A judge in July issued an initial ruling that concluded the 1849 law did not ban anyone from seeking abortions but rather barred someone from battering a pregnant woman and killing her unborn child. The judge is expected to issue a final ruling in the case soon, but Planned Parenthood announced Thursday it was not waiting for that ruling and instead would resume offering services on Monday at clinics in Milwaukee and Madison….
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The case before the Dane County judge is expected to continue and other lawsuits could be filed in response to Planned Parenthood’s resumption of abortion services….
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Planned Parenthood clinics are already scheduling appointments, Lyerly said — and the slots are likely to fill up quickly.
Wisconsin borders Illinois, which has become a major destination statefor women traveling from states with abortion bans, with clinics there struggling to absorb patients from across the South and Midwest. In 2019, before the fall of Roe, 6,430 abortions were performed in Wisconsin, according to data compiled by KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization….