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Wisconsin’s One-Man Abortion Restriction Crew Preps New Bills

State Rep. Andre Jacque (R-DePere).

State Rep. Jacque must be preparing to win the “most anti-woman” award in the Wisconsin legislature this session.

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How Did Emergency Contraception Get Excluded From VAWA?

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By all accounts, the women’s rights advocates who fought to reauthorize VAWA never made EC a priority.

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On Clueless Congressmen and Trans-vaginal Ultrasounds

Rep. Sean Duffy.

Rep. Sean Duffy  “probably agrees” with mandatory transvaginal ultrasound legislation. But he doesn’t really know because, he says, “I haven’t had one.” Well, I have. I’ve had several, in fact. So, Rep. Duffy, pull up a chair and let me explain how a transvaginal ultrasound works, and how it feels.

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State Funding Cuts and Anti-Choice Policies Cited for Closure of Four Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Clinics

Planned Parenthood rally in Wisconsin, March 2012.

As a result of anti-choice policies and budget cuts, four clinics providing health care to low income and rural Wisconsin patients will close.

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State Legislatures Increasingly Provide Tax-Payer Funding of Non-Medical Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Advertising for a Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC).

Low cost loans, tax credits for pregnancy centers? Anti-choice activists are going far beyond license plates now.

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Wisconsin Legislators Push for Forced Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill

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I assume “Woman’s Right to Know Her Unborn Child Before She Murders Him or Her and Is Haunted for the Rest of Her Life Act” was too long?

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Wisconsin Public Defender Forces Teen to Go to Care Net CPC for Counseling

A CareNet crisis pregnancy center.

Is the state of Wisconsin forcing public defenders to in turn force teens to go to crisis pregnancy centers for counseling?

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Legal Wrap: In Battle Over Medication Abortion, Who Is Protecting the Rights of Women in Wisconsin?

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The latest legal news on the contraception challenges and fight for reproductive justice in the states.

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Settlement Would Spell Out How Doctors Avoid Prosecution For Medication Abortion In Wisconsin

(BBC News)

A legal challenge to the state’s restrictions on medication abortion may be close to resolution. But is that a good thing for the women in Wisconsin?

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Trends in Union Membership Indicate Weak Job Prospects for Women

(Politico)

The narrative of the American worker, and by extension women’s economic status, continues to take a troubling turn in the United States, with the decline of stable public-sector positions as well as weakening labor unions.

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