MADISON, Wis. — After Roe v. Wade was overturned, triggering Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban, Congressman Tom Tiffany voted against a bipartisan bill to protect Wisconsin women’s ability to cross state lines to obtain legal abortions and shield the state-to-state transportation of FDA-approved abortion medications like mifepristone. Tiffany has repeatedly supported extreme legislation that limits access to reproductive healthcare, including a nationwide ban on abortion before most women know they’re pregnant with no exceptions for rape or incest. Tiffany also voted against ensuring a woman’s right to contraception.
“After Wisconsin women were stripped of their right to receive reproductive care in the state following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Tom Tiffany decided to further restrict Wisconsin women’s most personal freedoms by voting against protecting their ability to receive life-saving care across state lines, including obtaining FDA-approved drugs like mifepristone,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Emily Stuckey. “Tiffany has shown Wisconsinites that he is willing to stop at nothing to undermine reproductive freedom and make it harder for women to get the care they need—if an extreme abortion bill were to reach his desk as Governor, we know that Tiffany would sign it without question.”
Wisconsinites suffered under an extreme pre-Civil War abortion ban for 15 months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and women were left with no choice but to travel to or coordinate with other states to receive care. Illinois saw a huge influx of patients and OBGYN enrollment in Wisconsin-based medical residencies dropped sharply, undermining healthcare access for Wisconsin women for decades to come.
