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The 2009 - 2010 session of the Wisconsin State Legislature commenced
in January, 2009. As the legislative session proceeds, information regarding issues affecting right-to-life concerns will be continually updated and published below.
Current Issues and Legislation - Wisconsin
1. Repeal of Wisconsin's Law Protecting Unborn Children
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Repeal of Wisconsin's Law Protecting Unborn Children
Overview: Pro-abortion legislators have announced that they plan to introduce legislation that would repeal Wisconsin's historic law (sec. 940.04) that protects unborn children from abortion. Wisconsin is one of only four states that still has its pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban on the books. If Roe is reversed, sec. 940.04 would immediately come back into effect, unborn babies would once again be protected from abortion, and Wisconsin's abortion clinics would close.
Abortion advocates are fully aware that sec. 940.04 would come back into effect if Roe is overturned. In their zeal to repeal the law, they have resorted to arguing that if sec. 940.04 is not repealed, a woman who has had an abortion would be imprisoned. That is not true. Although sec. 940.04 contains provisions providing penalties for a woman who obtains an abortion, these provisions were superceded by a later law, sec..940.13, which clearly states that a woman cannot be prosecuted, fined, or imprisoned for obtaining an abortion. Wisconsin Right to Life strongly supported and worked for the passage of sec. 940.13. It is highly disingenuous on the part of abortion advocates to ignore the fact that the penalty language in sec. 940.04 was superceded by the state legislature with language that insures that no woman who obtains an abortion in Wisconsin will face any penalty whatsoever.
Current Status: A bill to repeal sec. 940.04 has not yet been introduced.
Wisconsin Right to Life Legislative Analysis: Read Wisconsin Right to Life's Legislative. Analysis of this issue
Wisconsin Right to Life Public Testimony / Public Statements: There have been no public hearings yet on legislation to repeal Wisconsin's law protecting unborn children (sec. 940.04). Thus, there is no public testimony
Click here to see Wisconsin Right to Life's news release in reaction to the announcement by pro-abortion legislators that they will introduce legislation to repeal sec. 940.04
What You Can Do: Contact your Assembly Representative and your State Senator and urge them to oppose any proposal that would repeal or amend sec. 940.04. If you do not know who your legislators are or if you do not know how to contact them, click on "Find Your Legislator" below.
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