The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 15, 2023 Wisconsin Planned Parenthood to Resume Abortions Next Week Amid Ongoing Legal Battles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood will start performing abortions again next week, in a major win for reproductive rights. Following last year's overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Republicans used an 1849 state law to justify an abortion ban, putting providers and patients in limbo. This is Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin president Tanya Atkinson. Tanya Atkinson: "The uncertainty about the enforceability about the 1849 law has been devastating for Wisconsin women and people across the gender spectrum who need abortion care. … A ruling by the Dane County Circuit Court in July made it clear that the 1849 law is not enforceable for voluntary abortions."