Three WRTL-Backed Bills to Get Vote in State Assembly Next Tuesday

Three WRTL-backed bills will receive a vote in the State Assembly on Tuesday, March 13, the last day of this legislative session. All bills were previously passed by the State Senate. They are:

AB 154/SB 92: This legislation allows Wisconsin to opt-out of taxpayer-funded abortion coverage under ObamaCare. Wisconsin would join 14 other states that have opted-out of this coverage.

AB 371/SB 306: This legislation works to protect women from coerced abortions and to prohibit unsafe RU 486 chemical web cam abortions.

AB 337/SB 237: This legislation reinstates local control for sex education curriculum in public schools and allows abstinence-only programs.

Wisconsin Right to Life has been the lead organization for the first two measures by providing the following: educating legislators, recruiting testimony for public hearings, assembling exhaustive research, pushing for scheduling of the bills, and coordinating grassroots contact with legislators. We thank the Wisconsin Catholic Conference and Wisconsin Family Action for supporting these bills.

Wisconsin Family Action has taken the lead on the last bill which Wisconsin Right to Life strongly supports.

Governor Scott Walker is expected to sign these measures into law. Enactment of these laws will complete an ambitious and hugely successful legislative session with new public policy in place designed to protect taxpayers, women, families and unborn children.

Barbara Lyons