The Cap Times, April 28, 2012 Thousands of women and men will be gathering Saturday at Wisconsin’s Capitol to challenge Gov. Scott Walker’s repeated attacks on the rights of women. Walker is a militant in this regard, He has signed laws undermining reproductive rights protections. He has signed laws undermining pay equity protections. He has […]
April 25, 2012
Huffington Post, April 25, 2012 by Anu Kumar Last week, Wisconsin Planned Parenthood announced it would no longer provide medical abortion, or abortion using medicines, due to new state regulations that make the procedure onerous. At a time when the pool of abortion providers is shrinking and abortion clinics are closing, medical abortion can truly […]
April 25, 2012
National Right to Life, April 25, 2012 by Barbara L. Lyons Time for some woman-to-woman talk. Because we women are under siege, or so we are told, and it is our votes that the creators of the phony “war on women” (WOW) want to garner, let’s talk facts. Proponents of abortion state that abortion is […]
April 20, 2012
Channel3000.com, April 20, 2012 MADISON, Wis. – Planned Parenthood suspends nonsurgical abortions A new Wisconsin law that could lead to criminal charges for doctors who perform abortions is prompting Planned Parenthood to suspend nonsurgical abortions. RU-486, an artificial steroid that helps terminate pregnancy, will no longer be an option for Wisconsin women looking to terminate […]
April 20, 2012
Huffington Post, April 20, 2012 by Laura Bassett WASHINGTON– The GOP may insist that there is no war on women, but the campaign against Planned Parenthood, which provides health care to one in five American women each year, is gaining ground in the Midwest. Republican state representatives in Ohio slipped an amendment into the state’s […]
April 7, 2012
Care2.com, April 7, 2012 by Robin Marty As Jessica Pieklo reported yesterday, the Governor of Wisconsin, with little notice or discussion, repealed the state’s Equal Pay law. For Scott Walker, it was no doubt the most logical step in his ongoing war on women and the working class, as the Equal Pay Law protected not […]
April 6, 2012
Dane101, April 6, 2012 by Emily Mills There were no ceremonies with pleased onlookers and throngs of press for the dozens of bills Gov. Scott Walker signed into law late last night. Among them were four highly controversial measures focused on women’s health care and sexual education: A repeal of the state’s Equal Pay law, […]
April 2, 2012
RH Reality Check, April 2, 2012 by Elizabeth Dawes Imagine a working graduate student who can’t afford to spend a lot of time waiting in line, but now it’s time to replace her contraceptive ring. Fortunately, her clinic has a drive-up window that’s convenient and quick. She swings by after work to pick up her […]
March 14, 2012
Huffington Post, March 14, 2012 by Leigh Owens The Wisconsin State Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that will limit abortion coverage, as well as a measure imposing abstinence-only sex education in schools. The abortion bill, passed by a vote of 61-34 in the Republican dominated assembly, bans abortion coverage under a private health insurance […]
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