Gov. Evers Releases Statement Regarding the Anniversary of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

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"One year ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe, stripping Wisconsinites of the right to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions and turning the clock back 50 years on reproductive rights in Wisconsin and across our country.

Overnight, half the people in our state became second-class citizens with fewer rights than they had the day before and fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had before them--and that's B.S.

It especially hits home here in the Badger State, where we have an archaic criminal abortion ban on the books that was passed before the Civil War and decades before women could even have the right to vote--an archaic law that bans nearly all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.

Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe and each and every day since, I've been working to do the right thing to repeal this archaic law and restore the rights Wisconsin women had until June 24, 2022.

Unfortunately, Republicans in the Legislature have consistently refused to take action even as we've seen our state, our healthcare system, doctors, and Wisconsin women and families thrown into chaos and uncertainty.

I have always believed that the will of the people is the law of the land.

I've vetoed every bill that restricts reproductive rights that's come to my desk, and I promise that I will always fight for your reproductive freedom in every way I can and with every power I have.

We are going to keep fighting like hell every day until Wisconsinites have the right to make their own healthcare decisions without interference from politicians who don't know anything about their life, their family, their circumstances. Period.

Together, we will restore reproductive freedom in our state and make sure our kids and grandkids don't grow up in a world where they have fewer rights than we did.

Keep up the good fight. I'm right there with you."

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