Category: Abortion
Anti-abortion groups call on Dane, Milwaukee DAs to prosecute abortion providers
Anti-abortion groups are asking the district attorneys in Dane and Milwaukee counties to enforce an 1849 state law that they say bans abortion except to save the life of a pregnant person. Their call comes a week after Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed abortion services following a ruling by a judge who said the law does not apply to consensual medical abortions.
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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to resume abortion services
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will resume abortion care services Monday in Milwaukee and Madison, after a Dane County judge said this summer that an 1849 state law doesn’t apply to consensual medical abortions.
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Evers calls special session to tackle workforce, including healthcare
Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday called for a special session of the Legislature to take up a broad workforce initiative, which would in part create a paid family and medical leave program, continue a grant program to help regional organizations respond to healthcare-related workforce challenges and provide around $60 million to grow the healthcare workforce.
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Kaul asks court to declare 1849 law doesn’t apply to abortion
Attorney General Josh Kaul and a group of doctors are asking a Dane County Circuit Court to expedite a challenge to Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion ban and issue a final judgment affirming the law doesn't apply to consensual medical abortions.
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Wisconsin residency programs see decrease in applications
Wisconsin medical residency programs saw a near 2 percent dip in applications this year from U.S. medical school graduates, including an almost 8 percent decrease for OB-GYN residencies.
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