This morning the Wisconsin Supreme Court ensured access to abortion care in the state by ruling that an 1849 law banning abortion cannot be enforced. This news comes on the heels of the three-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme and in the same week as the US Congress could vote to defund Planned Parenthood. To talk about the status of reproductive rights, host Ali Muldrow is joined by Analiese Eicher of Planned Parenthood, Wisconsin. 

Eicher says that people are feeling this as a victory of reproductive freedom and human dignity. But Planned Parenthood will continue to fight to make abortion care more accessible. 

The organization will face other challenges if Congress passes the Big Beautiful Bill, which would gut Medicaid and defund Planned Parenthood. The effect would be dramatic and terrible because federally qualified health centers could not replace Planned Parenthood. We’re seeing simultaneous attacks on reproductive rights and poverty as the GOP seeks to strip Medicaid funds. And this will reduce people’s ability to get cancer screenings, contraception, and more through BadgerCare. 

Analiese Eicher works for Planned Parenthood Wisconsin and has served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors since 2018.

Featured image of an abortion rights activist via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

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