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Ben Wikler: “Wisconsin, after Dobbs for 451 days was a no abortion state.”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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60: Building a Unified Operation for Success with Ben Wikler | Jen Rubin's Green Room

Published | Video Starts at 23:24

And how do you think, for example, Tammy Baldwin, who will be running this time, is going to be able to motivate people still on that issue? It's a massive motivating factor in our state. Wisconsin, after Dobbs for 451 days was a no abortion state. And by that I mean every abortion provider shut down because it was a moment of legal limbo. We have a 19th century law that says that uses the term quickening. (23:24–23:30)

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Asserts that Wisconsin had no abortion services for 451 days following the Dobbs decision.

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