Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed Friday a bill requiring medical care for infants born alive after an abortion, becoming the third Democratic governor this year to thwart Republican-sponsored infanticide legislation.

Mr. Evers vetoed the infanticide measure, Assembly Bill 179, as well as three other pro-life bills approved by the Republican-controlled legislature, saying they would “limit access to reproductive healthcare and needlessly interfere with and inject politics into patient-provider relationships.”

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He described as “redundant” the infanticide bill, which would have imposed criminal penalties for medical personnel who failed to provide care to newborns surviving abortions. Republican legislators lack the votes to override a veto. . . .

Democratic Govs. Steve Bullock of Montana and Roy Cooper of North Carolina also vetoed this year infanticide bills . . .

The Centers for Disease Control found that from 2003-14, at least 143 infants died shortly after being born alive following induced termination, adding that the number could be higher. . . .

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin cheered the governor’s veto of the four bills, describing them as a “package of anti-women’s health bills aimed at misinforming the public about abortion care.” . . .

The other three Wisconsin bills would have denied Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood; banned abortions based on race, sex or defects, and required medical personnel to inform patients that results of the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone may be reversed after the first dose. (Editor’s note: Who is doing the misinforming? Of course Planned Parenthood is happy that these bills were vetoed.) (Excerpt from The Washington Times.)

Many experts expect Roe v. Wade to be challenged, and overturned, by the Supreme Court in the next few years. The states have become a battleground where pro-abortion and pro-life laws are being proposed, debated, voted on, and in this case, vetoed. Find out whether your state is moving toward or away from life with our newest prayer guide on life.