Public Story
Spring Primary Press Conference for Abortion Rights
Summary
Photos from a press conference for abortion rights.
Wisconsin State Capitol
Madison, WI
A small but committed group came out to support Madison Abortion & Reproductive Rights Coalition for Healthcare (MARRCH)as they delivered a press conference to highlight the importance of the upcoming spring primary Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
With two liberal and two conservative leaning candidates running for the Supreme Court in Wisconsin, it's Janet Protasiewicz (Milwaukee County circuit court judge) and Everett Mitchell (Dane County circuit court judge), both pro-choice, who have the support of those seeking to strike down the 1849 abortion law: A law used by republicans to justify their attack on a persons right to choose abortion.
Speakers at todays event were:
- Kim Gasper, MARRCH
- Hailey Rude, Co-President - UW MARRCH
- Mateja Clark, Co-President - UW MARRCH
- Dr. Douglas Laube, Rockford Family Planning Foundation
- Ellen, (21 week emergency abortion experience)
- Caitlin Benedetto, MARRCH, (PhD Candidate)
- Stephanie Janeth Salgado and Altamirano Tegucigalpa, Voces De La Frontera
- Kevin Gundlach, President, South Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- Pat Raes President, SEIU WI
- Colin Gillis, UW Nurses United
- Timothy Cordon, Building Unity
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