Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state's 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed.
The measure drew immediate bipartisan opposition, however.
Democratic lawmakers said its introduction was a cynical ploy to deceive voters just three weeks before a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court election. And Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised a veto. “I won’t sign a bill that leaves Wisconsin women with fewer rights and freedoms than they had before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe,” Evers said.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu promised that the measure would not be taken up in the GOP-controlled Senate, noting Evers’ promise to veto it, saying: “This is not a topic to use as a political football.”
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