December 10, 2020

Wisconsin Law Banning Non-Doctors from Performing Abortions Challenged in Court

A year after Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin to challenge a law requiring that only doctors perform abortions, the law is being heard in court. The trial in federal court started on Monday with opening statements and witness testimony.

Planned Parenthood wants to allow nurses and other employees to administer abortion pills to women, but the current law prevents them from legally doing so. According to Right to Life Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood only performs abortions at four of its 24 clinics in the state. If the law is struck down, abortion would be available at all 24 clinics and the abortion business says it will open at least two more clinics in the state.

“We cannot overstate how significant this case is,” shares Kristen Nupson, legislative director of Wisconsin Right to Life. “It has been heartbreaking and disappointing to watch today’s trial unfold. Thousands of human lives are at stake, and yet these Planned Parenthood executives shroud their intentions by making abortion seem like any other medical procedure. Abortion isn’t health care; it cannot be compared to a biopsy or a birth control procedure. Abortion, whether chemical or surgical, takes the life of a human being. The physician-only law exists to protect women. Why is Planned Parenthood fighting against the protection of women?”

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