Planned Parenthood Wants a Right to Kill Babies in Abortions
In its never-ending quest to eliminate any limitations of the “right” to abortion, Planned Parenthood Wisconsin is suing to eliminate the requirement that only licensed physicians can perform abortions and the requirement that there be a 24-hour reflection period between the initial visit to the abortionist and a possible abortion.
In Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Ozanne, PPFA Wisconsin is not arguing there already is an explicit right to abortion in the state Constitution. Rather, they contend, the courts should find a right to abortion in the state Constitution’s language that “all people are born equally free and independent and possess inherent rights, including life, liberty.” In other words, an implicit “promise.”
During a virtual press conference, Tanya Atkinson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Wisconsin, elaborated. Atkinson argued, “In this case, we ask our Court to recognize what we believe that promise means — that our constitutional freedom includes the ability to make deeply personal decisions about our reproductive healthcare without unnecessary government interference”—abortion.
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This is only part of a larger pro-abortion strategy, of course. According to Baylor Spears
“One proposed bill from Democrats, which Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) recently promoted on X, would roll back a number of restrictions including the provider ban, the 24-hour waiting period, an ultrasound requirement for women seeking an abortion and healthcare coverage restrictions.”
A group of 11 State Representatives blasted the proposal as “an attack on the safety of women’s healthcare.”
This lawsuit will open the floodgates for sexual abuse of minors and sex trafficking in our state. Doctors are mandatory reporters of suspected abuse. Removing physicians from the abortion equation strips basic protection for a girl or woman aborting her baby. Planned Parenthood is notorious for ignoring state laws against rape and sexual abuse. We also know that 11% of women who take the abortion pill experience serious adverse effects.
This lawsuit is yet another attempt by Planned Parenthood to usurp the duty of the legislature. If pro-abortion radicals want to change the law in Wisconsin, they should go through the legislative process. However, Planned Parenthood has not deigned to proceed that way due to their impatience and desperate urge to encourage a culture of death. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is supposed to be an impartial arbiter of state law, and yet Justice Chris Taylor is the former legal and policy director of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. This justice will most certainly deny justice to unborn baby boys and girls, and to their mothers, should this case come before the state high court.
Planned Parenthood acts under the guise of caring about women. However, this reckless endangerment demonstrates it is not the wellbeing of women that they care about but pushing a dangerous agenda and killing our future.
We urge the people of Wisconsin to join us in condemning Planned Parenthood’s disregard for the safety of women and children. As common-sense legislators, we will continue to fight to protect the safety of all Wisconsinites.”
Heather Weininger, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life, said, “For years we’ve been told abortion is simply a matter ‘between a woman and her doctor.’ This lawsuit shows that was never true. Planned Parenthood isn’t asking to protect a private decision. It’s asking judges to hand it a permanent constitutional shield for its abortion-first business model.”
Instead, “This is about removing the last few guardrails standing between a woman and the procedure table,” continued Weininger. “Reputable medical providers know good care means informed consent, time to ask questions, and follow-up — not rushing someone through a decision they can’t take back. Planned Parenthood wants an exemption from basic standards.”
She concluded, “You cannot invoke our state Constitution’s right to life to defend an industry built on ending lives. Wisconsin Right to Life will continue to defend the laws that protect Wisconsinites from an industry that has shown, time and again, that it cares more about its bottom line than the women and girls of Wisconsin.”
LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. He frequently writes Today’s News and Views — an online opinion column on pro-life issues.
