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Planned Parenthood to spend record $50M in midterm elections
Planned Parenthood plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the ballot.
Read More »Abortion access coordinated across Illinois-Wisconsin line
Planned Parenthood of Illinois is combining forces with its Wisconsin counterpart to help patients travel to get abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaders at the reproductive health centers announced Thursday.
Read More »Anti-abortion groups look to update 1849 Wisconsin ban
Anti-abortion groups in Wisconsin say they'll work with lawmakers next year to pass legislation that will update or replace the state's 1849 abortion ban, which led doctors across Wisconsin to stop providing abortions on Friday after the Supreme Court struck down the landmark abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade.
Read More »Wisconsin Planned Parenthood halts abortions after ruling
Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin immediately halted all scheduled abortions at its clinics in Madison and Milwaukee following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down the Roe v. Wade decision on Friday.
Read More »Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe’s fall
Abortion providers in some places where the procedure could be banned if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade are bracing for a ruling by halting scheduling for the procedure, transitioning staff to help patients travel to other states and creating networks of clinics that will span across regions of the country.
Read More »Packers, Kaul team up to provide child identification kits
Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Monday that he's partnering with the Green Bay Packers and other groups to provide child identification kits to every Wisconsin student in grades K-12.
Read More »GOP bill would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers find themselves in an unusual position, advocating for a bill they've introduced that broadens access to birth control.
Read More »Evers’ official: Ex-Planned Parenthood VP has no legal say
Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Wednesday defended naming a former vice president at Planned Parenthood as a top deputy, saying she won't have any involvement in lawsuits challenging the state's abortion laws.
Read More »Planned Parenthood challenges Wisconsin abortion laws (UPDATE)
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has filed a federal lawsuit seeking repeal of state laws that make it more difficult for women, particularly in rural areas, to receive abortions.
Read More »Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a possibly incendiary case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their attempts to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood.
Read More »Bill bars UW employees from working at Planned Parenthood
University of Wisconsin employees would no longer be allowed to work part-time at Planned Parenthood under a bill supported by anti-abortion advocates that's up for a public hearing.
Read More »Federal court: Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood money
A federal appeals court panel ruled on Wednesday that Arkansas can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, two years after the state ended its contract with the group over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group.
Read More »Planned Parenthood to no longer offer abortions in Appleton (UPDATE)
Planned Parenthood said Monday that it won't reopen its abortion clinic in Appleton because the facility can't meet stricter security protocols the organization adopted after the deadly attack on one of its clinics in Colorado last year.
Read More »Federal court rules state’s abortion law unconstitutional
A Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to get admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.
Read More »Judge rules state’s abortion restriction unconstitutional
A federal judge on Friday struck down a Wisconsin law requiring doctors performing abortions to get hospital admitting privileges, ruling that any benefits to women's health from the requirement are "substantially outweighed" by restricting women's access to abortion.
Read More »Judge Niess clarifies medical abortion law (UPDATE)
A Dane County circuit court judge ruled Thursday that doctors do not have to be present when a woman takes drugs prescribed for a medical abortion, a decision that allows the practice to continue in Wisconsin.
Read More »High court voids 35-foot abortion clinic buffer in Mass. (UPDATE)
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down the 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts Thursday, declaring it an unconstitutional restraint on the free-speech rights of protesters.
Read More »Judge says he’s uncomfortable with abortion law (UPDATE)
A federal judge expressed concerns Friday that a Wisconsin law requiring abortion providers to get hospital admitting privileges is inflexible.
Read More »Judge, expert spar during Wis. abortion trial (UPDATE)
An unusual courtroom discussion between doctors in a federal trial to determine if Wisconsin's requirement that abortion providers have hospital admitting privileges can stand got off to a rocky start Thursday with the judge sparring verbally with one expert.
Read More »Woman, doctor testify for Wis. abortion law
A woman who says she needed emergency surgery following an abortion testified in federal court Wednesday that she felt abandoned, underscoring state attorneys' arguments that a Wisconsin law requiring abortion providers get hospital admitting privileges would ensure better care.
Read More »Doctor testifies in Wis. abortion law trial
Abortion providers tried to persuade a federal judge Tuesday that Wisconsin's law requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges is unnecessary, generates bureaucratic hoops for abortion clinics and creates delays for women seeking the procedures.
Read More »Abortion lawsuit set for trial later this month
A federal trial to determine whether a Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is constitutional is set to get underway later this month.
Read More »Judge hears arguments in abortion lawsuit (UPDATE)
A state attorney urged a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to void statutes that require doctors to decide if a woman is consenting voluntarily to an abortion and to be present when the woman gets abortion-inducing drugs.
Read More »7th Circuit upholds conviction of man who set Planned Parenthood clinic ablaze
The conviction of a Grand Chute man who set a Planned Parenthood clinic on fire will stand, despite protests that instructions to the jury tainted to the case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Read More »Fed court upholds injunction on Wis. abortion law
A federal appeals court panel has upheld an injunction blocking Wisconsin's new law requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges from taking effect.
Read More »Federal appeals court to hear abortion case
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's contentious new law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Read More »DOJ asks judge to stay abortion injunction (UPDATE)
The state Department of Justice asked a federal judge Thursday to stay a lawsuit challenging a new Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Read More »DOJ: Catholic hospitals can’t deny abortion provider privileges
Three Catholic hospital systems can't deny abortion providers admitting privileges, the Wisconsin Department of Justice said in a legal filing.
DOJ appeals abortion law injunction
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has appealed a federal judge's injunction blocking a new law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
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