Policies We're Watching Related to Reproductive Health
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Description: Would prohibit the state from purchasing health insurance plans that provide coverage for state employees from covering the costs for abortion services, with very limited exceptions. |
Authors: Rep. Andre Jacque (R-Depere) & Sen. David Craig (R -Town of Vernon)
Status: Passed into law as 2017 Wisconsin Act 191. WAWH Position: Oppose. See here for WAWH's testimony against AB 128. Background: See All* Above All's issue paper for more detailed information regarding public and private insurance coverage bans for abortion. |
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Description: Would prohibit employees of the University of Wisconsin System or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UWHCA) from performing or assisting with abortions within the scope of their employment. Would also prohibit those employees from providing services within the scope of their employment at a private entity, other than a hospital, where abortions are performed.
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Authors: Rep. Andre Jacque (R-Depere) & Sen. Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield)
Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Science and Technology and Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. Passed Senate Committee by 3-2 vote. Received Assembly Committee hearing on 7/18. Bill failed to pass before the end of the 2017-2018 legislative session. WAWH Position: Oppose Background: WAWH fact sheet on AB 206/SB 154. |
AB 656/SB 569: Repeal Abortion Restrictions Not Grounded in Medical Science or Medical Best Practices
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Description: This bill would repeal existing state abortion restrictions that treat abortion differently than other medical procedures and that have no basis in medical science or widely accepted best medical practices. The bill would also enshrine into state law that every Wisconsin woman has the fundamental right to choose to obtain a safe and legal abortion consistent with the decision in the U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
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Authors: Rep. Chris Taylor and Sen. Jon Erpenbach
Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Health and Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. WAWH Position: Support Background: For more information about this and other proactive reproductive health care policies, see WAWH's fact sheet on the Respect Women Act. |
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Description: This bill creates a right and obligation for a health care provider to provide medically accurate information to patients to whom the health care provider provides medical care. The bill also creates a right for a patient to receive medically accurate information from a health care provider.
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Authors: Rep. Chris Taylor and Sen. Jon Erpenbach
Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Health and Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. WAWH Position: Support Background: For more information about this and other proactive reproductive health care policies, see WAWH's fact sheet on the Respect Women Act. |
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Description: This bill would increase the training law enforcement officers receive on prevention and response to harassment, intimidation, and violence against reproductive healthcare providers, facilities, and patients. It would also provide grants to local law enforcement agencies and creates a state-level clearinghouse of resources regarding anti-reproductive healthcare activities in the state, best practices for prevention and procedures to address such activities, and existing state and local laws that can be used to combat them.
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Authors: Rep. Chris Taylor and Sen. Jon Erpenbach
Status: Referred to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. WAWH Position: Support Background: For more information about this and other proactive reproductive health care policies, see WAWH's fact sheet on the Respect Women Act. |
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Description: This bill would require health insurance companies to cover the dispensation of a 12-month supply of contraception at one time.
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Authors: Sen. Johnson & Rep. Shankland
Status: Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance and Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. WAWH Position: Support Background: Guttmacher Institute summary of state laws regarding insurance coverage for contraception. |
SB 424: Regulation of Disposal of Stillbirth Remains
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Description: Requires a facility to arrange for final disposition of a stillbirth, requires notification of a parent of the stillbirth of the ability to obtain a
certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, and makes certain requirements for informed consent for an anatomical gift of a stillbirth. A stillbirth is defined in the bill for purposes of vital records and final disposition as the remains of an unborn child resulting from a miscarriage or human remains of a child not born alive. |
Authors: Sen. Terry Moulton & Rep. Joel Kleefisch
Status: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety and Assembly Committee on Organization. |
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