10 Days Of Early Voting, 10 Reasons To Vote Against Scott Walker: War on Women
http://wisdems.org/news/press/view/2014-10-10-days-of-early-voting-10-reasons-to-vote-against-s-8
Scott Walker repealed Wisconsin’s 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, a law meant to deter workplace discrimination by giving workers more avenues via which to press charges. [1]
Walker’s legislation which mandates medically-unnecessary transvaginal ultrasounds and the reading of a state-authored shaming script was opposed by medical professionals in organizations. Walker’s bill restricted a woman’s decision to have a safe and legal abortion in order to appeal to the most radical, far-right element of the Republican Party.[2]
Speaking at an editorial board in 2010, Walker confirmed that he opposes all abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.[3]
As a result of losing massive amounts of funding for key health centers and family planning services across the state, nine family planning and healthcare centers faced cutbacks and disrupted services - eight of those health centers were in counties without alternative family planning providers. In addition, five Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin health centers were forced to close in Fond du Lac, Shawano, Chippewa Falls, Beaver Dam, and Johnson Creek.
