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September 15, 2023

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood to Resume Abortions Next Week Amid Ongoing Legal Battles
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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 about the 1849
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."



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