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Ozanne and Chisholm, both Democrats, announced last year that they would permit abortions in their counties despite a 174-year-old state law that conservatives argue bans the procedure. They said the state law barring abortions remains in effect and Ozanne and Chisholm have a duty to enforce it because babies are dying. The U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision essentially legalized abortion nationwide and nullified state abortion bans, including Wisconsin's. But Wisconsin legislators never erased the 1849 ban from state law. The case will likely end up before the state Supreme Court.
Persons: Ismael Ozanne, John Chisholm, Chisholm, Diane Schlipper, , Heather Weininger, Ozanne, hasn't, Chisholm didn't, Michelle Velasquez, ” Velasquez, Roe, Wade, Joel Urmanski, Josh Kaul, Schlipper Organizations: Wisconsin, Capitol, Dane County, Dane, U.S, Associated Press, Republican, Democratic Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin's, . Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Ozanne, Madison and Milwaukee, U.S ., Sheboygan, Madison , Milwaukee, Sheboygan County
A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York August 31, 2015./File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood will resume abortion care at two facilities in Wisconsin for the first time in more than a year, it said on Thursday following a county court ruling that an 1849 state law did not apply to most consensual abortions. In the wake of that ruling, abortion care will again be available starting on Monday at Planned Parenthood centers in Milwaukee and Madison, according to Tanya Atkinson, the president of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. The people of Wisconsin have been without this essential and necessary care for over a year," said Atkinson in a video statement. Planned Parenthood, the state's biggest abortion provider, is the first to make the announcement. "Planned Parenthood is more concerned about their bottom line and keeping abortion dollars in Wisconsin than finding a way to help women in unplanned pregnancies," said Heather Weininger, the head of Wisconsin Right to Life, in a statement.
Persons: Wade, Tanya Atkinson, Atkinson, Roe, Janet Protasiewicz's, Heather Weininger, Tony Evers, Evers, Julia Harte, Colleen Jenkins, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Circuit, Democratic, Thomson Locations: New York, Wisconsin, Wisconsin's Dane, Milwaukee, Madison, United States
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