The Wisconsin Catholic Conference (WCC), the public policy voice of the state’s Catholic bishops, celebrates the signing of 2025 Wisconsin Act 102, which extends postpartum Medicaid coverage to women from 60 days to a full year after giving birth.
The WCC is deeply grateful to Governor Tony Evers, the bill’s authors, Senator Jesse James and Representative Patrick Snyder, the many lawmakers and advocates who supported this bill through the years, and Assembly and Senate leadership for accomplishing this bipartisan success.
For years, the WCC has strongly supported extending postpartum coverage for new moms because it contributes significantly to the well-being of women and their children. Catholics believe that every public policy should be measured by how it affects the life and dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable, so that every member of the human family is respected and protected from conception until natural death. This new law protects a mother’s steady access to care at a time when life-threatening complications can arise, all while she is rearranging her life around the care of her newborn.
Associate Director Tia Izzia attended the bill signing and stated, “Healthy moms are essential to healthy families and healthy communities. This new law is a bipartisan victory, emblematic of the great good that can be achieved when both sides of the aisle work together for the common good.”
