WI Spring Election will impact health issues

Up North News Article on WI Abortion issue that will be impacted by the Spring Election "OB/GYN: Wisconsin's Current Abortion Ban Isn't Just Dangerous, It's Deadly Right now, Wisconsin is facing a health crisis on multiple fronts. Students who want to become OB-GYNs are forced to leave the state to finish their training because they're unable to learn basic, standard care for cases of ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage under current Wisconsin law. Dr. Kristin Lyerly knows just how difficult this will be for her industry and the future of women's health. Today, she's answering a few of our questions. UpNorthNews: How has your job changed since Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban went back into effect? Dr. Kristin Lyerly: There is a lot more fear and uncertainty related to women's health care now for both patients and providers. Women have become more afraid to ask questions about their reproductive health, and doctors are often unsure whether they can offer basic services like contraception and management of miscarriages, which are technically spontaneous abortions. What hasn't changed? Our desire to ensure that our patients have access to quality, affordable, comprehensive, compassionate health care. It's just so much harder to deliver that in the post-Dobbs era. What do you believe is the biggest lie anti-choice activists are currently spreading about abortion? Their goal is to tie issues like abortion to a political side in order to win votes, so they use hyperbolic language that plays on people's emotions. The one that infuriates me the most is the "abortion up until the time of birth" trope that conservative radio hosts love because it sounds so terrible. It is terrible because abortions that happen after viability, when a baby has a reasonable chance of survival outside of the mother, are only offered when either the baby or the mother have a profound medical problem that threatens the health, well-being, and future reproductive potential of the mother. These are heartbreaking situations where families are already suffering in tragic ways that most of us will never understand. Politicians and activists who retraumatize these people for their own gain should be ashamed. What is one thing most people don't know about abortion, but you wish they did? Abortion is health care and it's common—one in four women in the US will have an abortion in her lifetime. How does this tie into next week's election? We all want the freedom to make our own decisions about our own bodies within the context of our own lives, whether we're talking about a new cancer diagnosis or a complicated pregnancy. The conservative [state Supreme Court] candidates have shown us that they don't trust women to make these decisions."