Green Bay, Wis. – Wednesday’s special session called by Governor Evers was an opportunity for state lawmakers to overturn Wisconsin’s 173-year-old draconian abortion ban in advance of today’s US Supreme Court decision ending Roe v Wade. Despite an overwhelming crowd of reproductive rights supporters gathered in a sea of pink

Madison – Rep. Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) responded today to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which reverses the deeply flawed Roe v. Wade decision: “I am pleased to see the Supreme Court perform this important course correction toward constitutional government. These matters belong

“The scourge of gun violence has made Americans going to the grocery store, movie theater, school, or their place of worship, worry whether their next outing will become the next site of a tragedy. This isn’t real freedom. America’s nearly unrestricted access to weapons, including assault rifles, has infringed on

Congressman Tiffany said, “America doesn’t have a gun problem. America has a crime problem. Law-abiding Americans do not want more laws chipping away at the Second Amendment. They do not want to see their right to bear arms eliminated on the installment plan. They want prosecutors to prosecute. They want

MADISON— This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court released its formal opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson. The court ruled that the Constitution does not grant a right to an abortion, and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the states. Rep. Pope released the following statement in response to this opinion:

Prairie du Sac, Sauk City, and Spring Green, Wis. – On Thursday, June 23, Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld and Department of Tourism Secretary-designee Anne Sayers met with eight organizations in Southwest Wisconsin to discuss the role of creative organizations and businesses in Wisconsin’s economy and their impact

MADISON, Wis. – After years of Ron Johnson undermining reproductive rights and continuously working to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has made Johnson’s goal a reality. Johnson’s actions have made it so that Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban is now enforceable, and doctors in our state can be put in

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. “The power to make abortion law should have always rested with elected officials, not the Supreme Court. Today’s decision correctly returns this authority to legislatures and

Today’s extreme Supreme Court ruling may have the effect of allowing the enforcement of a 173-year-old Wisconsin law that makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions. Kids Forward urges state legislators to act quickly to protect access to basic reproductive health care in our state. Elected officials must

Today the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, a decision that guaranteed abortion as a right. Without the protections afforded by Roe, Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion ban is now in effect and will alter the face of patient care and physician practice in a profound way. The 1849 law will

MADISON – Representative Jodi Emerson (D-Eau Claire) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “Like millions of Americans, I am heartbroken and furious today. With this unjust and unconscionable decision, the Court crushes the sacred right to control one’s own body

MADISON – Wisconsin State Representative Tip McGuire made the following statement in response to the Dobbs decision by the United States Supreme Court: “The United States government was unique in its founding because it was created to ensure the freedom of its citizens, to be a government of laws, not of men.

WASHINGTON – Today, Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo issued the following statement following the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in its Dobbs v. Jackson decision: “Choosing when and whether to have children are among the most important decisions in every woman’s life and those decisions should

MADISON – Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. “Today the United States Supreme Court rightly returned the authority to regulate abortions to the States through their elected representatives. Nearly 50 years

[Balsam Lake, Wis.] – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade giving states the right to decide abortion laws. In previous statements, Attorney General Josh Kaul has said that if the high court overturns Roe v. Wade, he would not use any state resources to

[Madison, WI] – Following today’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the Republican Party of Wisconsin released the following statement from Chairman Paul Farrow: “Today’s Supreme Court decision represents a historic victory in the fight to protect the unborn, an affirmation of our Constitution, and the return

Windsor, WI – On Friday, Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell, candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, released the following statement on the overturn of Roe V. Wade. “While we knew this decision was coming, the reality of a reproductive right being taken from women, is both heart-wrenching and disappointing. For the

MILWAUKEE – In reaction to the United States Supreme Court’s decision today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade and fifty years’ of precedent protecting the right to abortion care, Rep. Jonathan Brostoff (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement: “Today is a dark day for our country. In one fell swoop,

Madison, WI – Today, the US Supreme Court ruled, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade. Sen. Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) issued the following statement: “As Justice Alito said in his majority opinion, ‘The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion.’

(Madison) – “This is a sad day for women’s rights and women’s health care. This radically right-wing  Supreme Court has chosen to throw out fifty years of precedent and settled law. This ruling creates a barrier between women and access to important, necessary health care.  Women should be able to