Wednesday, June 24: Crime and punishment on the campaign trail, abortion access in Wisconsin is up after Dobbs, Advocates: DOC isn’t doing enough to keep ex-offenders out of prison, miscarriage care still muddled by abortion restrictions
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Everybody in our state deserves to live a life of dignity, including people who are incarcerated right now.”
– Francesca Hong, one of the Democrats seeking the nomination for governor, speaking at a candidate forum organized by WISDOM Monday
WISDOM hosts a forum with seven gubernatorial candidates. Francesca Hong speaks to the crowd as Kelda Roys, Joel Brennan and David Crowley look on. (Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)
Seven candidates vying to become governor addressed a large audience in Pewaukee Monday night at a forum organized by WISDOM, a non-partisan organization dedicated to social justice and prison reform. The question and answer session covered policing and incarceration, healthcare, immigration and party politics. Isiah Holmes has the story.
It might come as a surprise to many Wisconsinites to learn that more Wisconsin women are getting abortions today than were accessing abortion in the state four years ago, right before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, writes Editor Ruth Conniff in a commentary assessing the state of reproductive rights on the anniversary of the Dobbs decision.
Under a law passed more than a decade ago, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections was supposed to create a system of short-term sanctions for people who violate the terms of their release from prison, so that they can avoid more time behind bars that disrupts their employment and families. But advocates say a new rule that takes effect July 1 will only keep locking people up who ought to be able to stay in their communities. Frank Zufall reports for our Criminal Justice Project.
Patients and providers argue in lawsuits challenging state abortion bans that the exceptions are too ill defined to give doctors and hospitals enough confidence to provide timely care. Sofia Resnick interviews one woman who believes that her persistent health problems are the result of delayed miscarriage care.
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Health care providers marched for abortion rights at a rally in October 2022. Abortion in Wisconsin has rebounded to pre-Dobbs levels, mostly due to telehealth. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)
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