DID YOU KNOW...

...Wisconsin is the only state that could send a woman to prison for having an abortion?

It's true. Wisconsin's criminal abortion statute from 1849 remains on the books even today.  This 159-year-old law (Wis. Stat 940.04) is so extreme that it imposes prison time on women who obtain an abortion, even if the woman is a victim of rape.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court and abortion becomes illegal again in Wisconsin, this extreme law would immediately go into effect.  And rape victims and doctors could be sent to prison for having or providing an abortion.

» Abortion is a personal decision, not a criminal act.

» If abortion is illegal, a woman who seeks one will be treated like a criminal and forced into a dangerous back-alley abortion.

» If abortion is illegal, rape victims could be sent to prison.

» How much time should she do?

» If abortion is illegal, a woman having an abortion could be a criminal. What is her punishment?

» Women and their doctors, not politicians, should make personal decisions about abortion.

» 75% of Wisconsin voters oppose criminalizing abortion.

» 73% of voters believe "Politicians should not be telling doctors what medical procedures they can use to help save women's lives and protect their health. These decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor."