WAUKESHA, Wis. — Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez issued the following statement today marking the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization:
“Four years ago today the Supreme Court took away a right Wisconsin women had counted on for fifty years. I’m a nurse. I know that abortion is health care. It is miscarriage care, ectopic pregnancy care, a mother whose life is at risk, a family facing an impossible diagnosis, and a survivor of rape or incest who deserves compassion, not a criminal code.
Congressman Tom Tiffany celebrated the day Roe was overturned. He co-sponsored a national six-week abortion ban – before most women know they’re pregnant – with no exceptions for rape or incest. He voted against restoring Roe as federal law, voted against protecting contraception access, and boasted about defunding Planned Parenthood.
As governor, I will enshrine reproductive freedom into Wisconsin law and protect access to abortion, miscarriage care, ectopic pregnancy care, and fertility treatments. On this anniversary, I am thinking of every Wisconsinite who has been hurt by this decision and every one who is counting on us to fix it. I will not let them down.”
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez is a Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin. An emergency room nurse, public health leader, and Wisconsin’s 46th lieutenant governor, Rodriguez has spent her career serving on the front lines and bringing people together to solve problems. She is running for governor to lower costs, strengthen public schools, protect reproductive freedom, and move Wisconsin forward. To learn more about Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez’s campaign for governor, visit www.saraforwi.com.
