Fiscal Note
No fiscal impact.
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To Protect Reproductive Justice in the City of Madison.
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WHEREAS, access to health care promotes the general welfare of Madison residents; and
WHEREAS, access to reproductive health care is critical to women’s physical, psychological, and socioeconomic well-being; and
WHEREAS, the right to decide to have an abortion before viability has been United States Supreme Court precedent for nearly 50 years; and
WHEREAS, the leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Organization would overturn the constitutional right to abortion as recognized in Roe v. Wade,
410 U.S. 113 (1973), and reaffirmed in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v.
Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992); and
WHEREAS, if the United States Supreme Court maintains its draft decision, Wis. Stat. §
940.04 and other laws that currently are unenforceable because of Roe v. Wade and PlannedParenthood v. Casey will be allowed to go into effect, prompting the Center for Reproductive Rights to designate Wisconsin “hostile” to abortion care; and
WHEREAS, abortions are very common, with 1 in 4 women in the United States having an abortion by the time they are 45 years old; and
WHEREAS, banning abortions doesn’t reduce abortions, but it does lead to worse public health outcomes; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. has the worst country for maternal mortality among wealthy countries; and
WHEREAS, there is a continued need for surgical intervention to save the life of women experiencing ectopic pregnancy, or in the case of retained or incomplete miscarriage or placental retention after childbirth, and any other situations as deemed necessary by a licensed health care provider; and
WHEREAS, Black women in the U.S. are
three times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women and forcing birth will only further exacerbate these inequities in our community; and
WHEREAS,...
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