Wisconsin Republicans Take Just 16 Seconds to Reject Tony Evers Demand to Legalize Abortion

Wisconsin Republicans needed just 16 seconds to adjourn the special session of the state legislature that Democrat Governor Ton Evers’ called to legalize abortion.

Last month, Evers signed an executive order calling for a special session to repeal the state’s abortion ban protecting babies from abortions. Wisconsin is one of 15 states currently protecting babies from abortions thanks to a pre-Roe abortion ban that went into effect following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

But Republicans want no part of approving a measure that would pave the way for legalizing abortions.

“At the end of the day, Wisconsinites, and women in particular, were not only stripped of their reproductive freedom, but they currently don’t have a right to enact the change they need to protect that freedom without having to get permission from the legislature,” Evers said during a press conference creating the special session. “That’s just wrong, and it’s time for us to change that.”

The ban doesn’t deprive women of reproductive freedom, it merely says babies can’t be killed in aboritons. Women have a myriad of ways they can prevent getting pregnant.

The last time Evers called the legislature into a special session over abortion, he was calling on lawmakers to repeal the ban. Lawmakers gaveled in and out of the session without taking action, thwarting Evers’ plan to legalize abortions up to birth…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)