Women’s Health
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Women and doctors on latest abortion restrictions: Get out
Candidate for governor Tom Tiffany tries to imply he’d maintain current law, but his record and rhetoric show that Wisconsin could see a total abortion ban if he’s elected.
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Meet the Milwaukee women raising money for National Diaper Need Awareness Week
How to donate diapers in Milwaukee with Milwaukee Diaper Mission and Motherhood for Good.
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Trump’s IVF promise is being broken and will hit 175,000 Wisconsin women with fertility issues
Report says White House has no plans to press for a private insurance mandate or government support, despite repeated promises by the self-described “fertilization president”
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Rural health care faces ‘death spiral’ from GOP Medicaid cuts
A doctor from Tomah talks to Pete Buttigieg’s online audiences about cuts in services and longer travel times for life-or-death care.
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Meet Milwaukee’s new abortion clinic—and its determined medical director
It’s a place for all uteruses, no matter the patient’s ability to pay for care, or their immigration status.
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Wisconsin Ob-Gyn: ‘It’s such a relief! Abortion is legal in Wisconsin.’
Wisconsin’s “abortion ban” is no more after the state Supreme Court released a decision Wednesday protecting reproductive freedom. In a 4-3 split reflecting progressive control, the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out an 1849 statute and affirmed that Wisconsinites continue to have access to abortion care, in a case brought by Gov. Tony Evers, Attorney General…
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Jackson County mom: ‘Get the hell out of our doctor’s office because pregnancy is too complex to legislate!’
It’s been three years since the United States Supreme Court made a landmark decision and overturned Roe v. Wade, ending a federal right to abortion care, turning the power to regulate or ban the procedure over to individual states. That forced Megan Kling to leave Wisconsin for health care when her baby was not compatible…
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Western Wisconsin woman: ‘I am alive today because abortion saved my life’
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Wisconsin Republicans invoked an 1849 criminal abortion ban, which does not include exceptions for rape, incest, or health of the mother, to restrict reproductive freedom in Wisconsin. Wisconsin legislative Democrats have introduced a new bill to protect Wisconsinites from losing access to life-saving reproductive health care.
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Billionaires get richer while Wisconsinites lose access to health care with ‘Beautiful Bill’
The US Senate will examine the Trump budget bill this week. It includes the largest cut to Medicaid in the program’s history. It also blocks Medicaid from paying for women’s health care services at Planned Parenthood clinics.
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More ways to get birth control in Wisconsin? Sign us up.
The State Assembly has approved a plan to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills and patches.
