Access to abortion across the country changed within hours of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Rowe v. Wade, removing the constitutional right to medical procedure.
Wisconsin’s President and CEO of Planned Parenthood said abortion services offered by the organization had been suspended following a Supreme Court ruling and amid uncertainty over a 173-year book abortion law.
The 1849 law says it is a crime to perform virtually any abortion, except when necessary to save the mother’s life, but the state has not been able to impose it after the remarkable decision of the Supreme Court of 1973
“Today, our daughters have fewer rights than their mothers. Less rights than their grandmothers. This is absolutely unscrupulous. People need to be able to make their own health care decisions. It doesn’t have to be political, “said Tanya Atkinson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, in a video statement shared by the organization.
“Because this law was not repealed, as this law remains in force, today Planned Parenthood Wisconsin is forced to temporarily suspend abortion services,” she added.
The law is expected to receive legal challenges, and it is not entirely clear given the Supreme Court’s decision whether anyone will survive.
Senior Wisconsin officials have overturned the Supreme Court’s ruling, with Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) saying his office is reviewing the ruling.
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“We must now turn to Congress, the state courts and the state legislature. Our office is reviewing today’s decision and will provide additional information on how we intend to move forward next week. “We are at a crossroads for the future of reproductive freedom and we need elected officials to strengthen and protect access to safe and legal abortion,” Kaul, who will be re-elected in November, said in a statement.
Earlier, Kaul said that if the Supreme Court overturned the 50-year precedent, it would not impose abortion bans on its state.
“Even if the courts interpreted this law as applicable, as Attorney General I would not use Wisconsin Department of Justice resources to investigate alleged violations of this abortion ban or to prosecute alleged violations of it,” Cole told The Associated. Press in December.
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