Vice President Harris to visit Wisconsin on tour to protect abortion access

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On the eve of Vice President Harris’s visit to Wisconsin where she will kick off a national tour to protect abortion access, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, doctors, patients, and advocates will gather inside a former Milwaukee abortion clinic that was forced to close because of restrictive abortion laws to share their personal stories about the impact of abortion bans on everyday Wisconsinites and call on elected officials to oppose a national abortion ban.

“Unfortunately, the experience of Wisconsin women who have been denied abortion care, or forced to travel out of state to receive an abortion is all too common across our country,” Moore said.

In the 18 months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, 25 states across the country have banned or severely restricted abortion access, furthering an extremist anti-abortion agenda, and limiting access to care for countless women and families who have now been forced into impossible, dire situations, according to Moore.

As previously reported by the Wisconsin Law Journal, historically, Republicans have been hands off with regulation on guns, the environment, and railway safety. When it comes to abortion why is that an exception?

Why should someone in Madison or Washington, D.C., be able to regulate such a personal decision for a woman?

The Wisconsin Law Journal asked those questions to losing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Dan Kelly during a March, 2023 campaign event.

In response, Kelly punted.

Kelly said, “It’s a great question and I think there are some folks that you can ask about it who would probably give you a pretty good answer, but out of all the folks that might give you good answer, it doesn’t include me, you need to talk to some legislators about that.”