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Tony Evers: “Wisconsin women spent over a year experiencing force…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Governor Evers delivers the 2024 State of the State Address

Published | Video Starts at 36:24

And yet each time I've asked Republicans to restore Wisconsinites reproductive freedom to what it was the day before the U.S. supreme Court overturned Roe, they said no. And because of that, Wisconsin women spent over a year experiencing force firsthand what it's like to live in a state that bans nearly all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest. Today, thanks to the lawsuit Democrats filed days after the Supreme Court decision, Wisconsinites now have the same reproductive freedom in Wisconsin that they did on June 23, 2022 before Roe was overturn. (36:24–36:34)

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Asserts that Wisconsin had a near-total abortion ban for over a year, including in cases of rape or incest.

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