Gov. Evers Calls Special Session on Abortion, Wants Voters to Call Lawmakers
June 11, 2022 | Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers is asking abortion supporters in the state to pressure lawmakers ahead of a new special session on abortion.
The governor on Wednesday said he will call the legislature back to Madison on June 22 to overturn what he called Wisconsin’s “criminal abortion ban.”
“We cannot allow our kids and grandkids to grow up in a world where they have fewer rights than we did growing up. That’s not the future we’ve promised them. And it’s not the future they deserve,” Evers said in a statement. “This isn’t about politics – it’s about empathy, compassion, and doing the right thing.”
Eves asked supporters to call their lawmakers and “demand they protect reproductive healthcare.”
Wisconsin is one of nearly two dozen states where abortion would become illegal is Roe. v Wade is overturned. The United States Supreme Court is expected to do just that sometime this month.
Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol, unsurprisingly, cheered the governor’s call for a special session.
“We’re living in unprecedented and dystopic times, with one of the most impactful decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court on the horizon. Reproductive freedom is in jeopardy here in Wisconsin,” Sen Melissa Agar, D-Madison said Wednesday…. (Excerpts from Wisconsin Daily Star)
