Minority Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) told reporters each of them was about scoring political points.
Requiring doctors to notify women seeking medication-induced abortions that then can change their mind after the first dose. Funding cuts for abortion providers by prohibiting the state from certifying them as a provider under Medicaid. Requiring doctors to provide the parents of fetuses and embryos information if it tests positive for a congenital condition. Prohibiting abortions based on race, sex or national origin. Criminal penalties for doctors who fail to care for a baby born alive after an abortion attempt. “This isn't about getting in between a doctor and a woman who has chosen to have an abortion,” Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) said. Evers ultimately vetoed them.ĭuring a press conference Wednesday morning, Republicans called it a “fundamental misunderstanding” and another opportunity for the governor to sign the proposals into law. If these bills sound familiar, it is because several of them were already passed by the Legislature last session in 2019, but Gov. Republicans, who lack the needed votes to override the governor, say they are giving him a second chance to sign the measures into law. Democrats say Republicans are trying to score political points and energize their base with the legislation. Many of the bills were previously vetoed by Gov.
The GOP-controlled Assembly approved several anti-abortion bills Wednesday, sending them to Democratic Gov.