The only independent non-profit abortion business in Wisconsin has opened, committing abortions through 14 weeks gestation while planning to expand to 21 weeks.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Care for All has opened in Milwaukee, claiming to provide access to abortions that is not currently available.
- There are already two abortion facilities in Milwaukee, including a Planned Parenthood facility.
- The status of abortion in Wisconsin remains unsettled, as a Supreme Court case on its legality is still pending.
THE DETAILS:
Care for All executive director Ali Kliegman announced in a press release that the facility would open in June, saying she hopes to expand access to abortion in Wisconsin. For the first three months, the facility plans to commits abortions through 14 weeks gestation; after that, the facility will expand to 21 weeks, according to Kliegman. Preborn children have survived being born prematurely at this age.
Abortion is currently legal in Wisconsin, but that status could only be temporary.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, an 1849 Wisconsin law protecting preborn children from abortion was allowed to take effect. The abortion industry quickly challenged that law, and in 2023, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Diane Schlipper ruled that the law applied to feticide — meaning homicide against a preborn child committed by someone other than the child’s mother — but not abortion. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski appealed that ruling, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard the case.
A decision is imminent. If the court upholds the 1849 law, Care for All will be forced to either stop committing abortions or close — along with every other abortion facility in the state.
However, the Wisconsin Supreme Court tends to heavily favor abortion, and six of the seven justices are women and four of the justices are considered politically liberal. Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life Heather Weininger noted at the time:
It was clear that the majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was there to legislate from the bench today. District Attorney Urmanski’s attorney had to remind those members of the court that the reason they were there today was not to be the legislature, but to determine if in fact the lower court’s decision was applicable.
REALITY CHECK:
One local resident who lives near the facility applauded its opening because she felt it would be “safer” for women.
“It’s more about being able to have that medical help so you don’t have to do it at home. Because doing it at home is even more scary — you can endanger yourself too,” Brianna Bentley, who calls herself pro-choice, told WTMJ. She added, “It depends on who you are and why you’re getting it [abortion]. Some people get abortions because they’re young. If you’re not ready for parenthood, then you’re not ready. It’s all up to the woman’s choice.”
Yet the abortion industry has increasingly been pushing for at-home abortions, claiming it is safe to undergo chemical abortions at home, without any medical supervision from a doctor or follow-up care.
Yet chemical abortions are not as safe and risk-free as the abortion industry claims; tens of thousands of women visit the emergency room every year with complications, and those are just the known instances. The most recent analysis on the issue found that complication rates may actually be 22 times higher than what is currently reported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
Women in Wisconsin deserve better than abortion. As Dan Miller, of Pro-Life Wisconsin, told WTMJ, “We were given dignity and life by God at fertilization and that’s where our human rights should begin.”
