Top headline: Washington Post, 6/24/2022
Photo: Wisconsin Right to Life
Bottom headline: Wisconsin State Journal, 6/28/2022
Abortion opponents want lawmakers to completely ban surgical abortions and to block medication abortions, a technology that wasn't around when the 1849 law was written.
The 1849 ban includes an exception when the life of the mother is at stake. Anti-abortion groups want to remove that provision and replace it with a requirement that physicians attempt to save a fetus alongside the mother in such a situation.
“We know that direct abortion is never medically necessary. We believe in providing equal care for mom and baby,” said Matt Sande, legislative director for anti-abortion group Pro-Life Wisconsin.
Kristin Lyerly, a Planned Parenthood physician, challenged Sande's statement. “Any obstetrician-gynecologist can tell you that there are situations where abortions are medically necessary,” she said.
Lyerly said that the idea of removing an exception for the life of the mother “emphasizes how little they understand about the way these things work in the real world.”
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