Scot Ross: Time for answers from state legislators on health care
The U.S. Senate is wrapping up its backroom dealing on a plan affecting the health and lives of millions of Americans... And it could get worse. [Capital Times]
Health Care
Kevin Nicholson’s Checkbook Choice: Has Wisconsin U.S. Senate Hopeful Changed Positions to Snag Support of Illinois Millionaire?
Kevin Nicholson, who is now considering a U.S. Senate run as a Republican, is raising serious questions about his credibility and trustworthiness.
Reports Say Republicans in Congress Set to Give Themselves Special Protection From Insurance Company Abuses in Latest Version of Bill to Repeal Affordable Care Act
Reports Say Republicans in Congress to Give Selves Special Protection From Insurance Company Abuses in Latest Version of Bill to Repeal Affordable Care Act.
Donald Trump’s allies target Speaker Paul Ryan for failure of health care bill
"Paul Ryan has said that we needed to get rid of the Affordable Care Act for seven years. And when push came to shove, he didn't have a plan," said Scot Ross. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Health care failure leads to Republican infighting
One Wisconsin Now joined a panel to discuss how the failure of the GOP health care bill potentially led to a political blow-up between factions of the party. [MSNBC]
President Trump Plugs Fox Show Hours Before Host Calls On Paul Ryan to Resign
One Wisconsin Now's Scot Ross joined AM Joy's panel to discuss Donald Trump, Twitter, and a Fox News host calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan to step down. [MSNBC]
Joy Reid goes off on Ryan’s Ayn Rand ideology
Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now argued that recent failed health care reform negotiations showed that Ryan “can be rolled” by conservatives in the U.S. House. [Raw Story]
One Wisconsin Now to Paul Ryan: Stick to Renaming Post Offices, Leave Our Health Care Alone
According to a 2016 article in the New York Times, only three bills Paul Ryan has authored since being elected in 1998 have been signed into law.
Rep. Glenn Grothman Amendment Ends Health Care for Young People
Glenn Grothman, who has enjoyed full taxpayer-paid health care since first elected in 1993, seeks to kick young people off of their parents’ health care plans.
Paul Ryan Ending Health Care for 24,000,000
‘That’s More Than One Million People for Every Year Paul Ryan and His Family Have Enjoyed Taxpayer-Funded Health Care.’
Discussion of GOP health care plan featured on Capital City Sunday
A liberal and conservative pundit both expressed their concerns with the House Republican "American Health Care Act" on this week's Capital City Sunday. [WKOW-TV]
‘Something for almost everyone to hate’: Wisconsinites weigh in on ACA replacement
“I agree, I think there is something in this bill for almost everyone to hate,” said Jenni Dye, research director at liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
Republican Congressional Delegation Owes Wisconsin Answers About TrumpCare
Here are the questions to which Wisconsin constituents are owed answers by the Republican Congressional delegation of Senator Ron Johnson and U.S. Representatives.
Jenni Dye: GOP would block health care choices
They are taking away the ability of Americans to get the health care services they need from the provider of their choice. [Superior Telegram]
Scott Walker proposes increasing tax credit for working poor with 1 child
Jenni Dye said there are other strategies for preventing premarital pregnancy that Walker has opposed, such as providing contraception and reproductive health services to low-income women. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Sean Duffy, Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans Poised to Prevent Wisconsinites From Choosing Their Own Health Care Provider
Sean Duffy, Paul Ryan and the GOP cabal in Washington D.C. are carrying out a political agenda, trying to eliminate an organization with which they disagree.
Critics say Scott Walker’s plan to fight opiate abuse in Wisconsin falls short
The liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now also criticized Walker's opposition to the Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act. [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Now Statements on GOP Addiction to Big Pharma Money
Scott Walker spent the 1990s criminalizing addiction and the 2000s preventing people from getting the health care they needed to treat their addiction.
Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ abortion access law
This decision protecting the rights of women is a powerful reminder of why courts matter. [WITI-TV]
Wisconsin reacts to Supreme Court ruling against anti-abortion law
This decision protecting the rights of women is a powerful reminder of why courts matter. [Wisconsin Gazette]
As Donald Trump Tries to Walk Back Extremist Comments on Abortion, Rebecca Bradley Stands By Hers
State High Court Candidate Rebecca Bradley More Extreme on Women’s Health Issues Than Raging Misogynist Donald Trump
Bradley won’t say whether she’d pass on abortion cases
One Wisconsin Now, revealed this month that Bradley wrote letters and columns for her college newspaper in 1992... calling abortion a holocaust of children. [La Crosse Tribune]
Did Bernie Sanders make a rape comment similar to one by Wisconsin Justice Rebecca Bradley?
The portion of the column highlighted by One Wisconsin Now referenced author Camille Paglia, a professor at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Bradley wrote that Paglia had been "prevented from speaking at several colleges" after Paglia "legitimately suggested that women play a role in date rape." [Politifact Wisconsin]
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Also Attacked Feminists: ‘Angry, Militant, Man-Hating Lesbians’
She says the revelations that came out this week – thanks to a liberal non-profit, One Wisconsin Now. [New Civil Rights Movement]
The Latest: Walker, Bradley intertwined for years
A liberal group, One Wisconsin Now, has released a series of writings from Bradley...Bradley supported writer and critic Camille Paglia's suggestion that women play a role in date rape. [Associated Press]
Rebecca Bradley touted ‘personhood’ tenets in college newspaper column
The piece is one of several unearthed this week by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
The Extremism of Rebecca Bradley: Women’s Reproductive Health Edition
The views on women’s reproductive health held by Rebecca Bradley have been consistently extreme and out of step, dating all the way back to her college years.
Women’s Access to Legal Reproductive Health Care Services at Issue as U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Texas Law
This case is just one example of how our courts matter and the justices who sit on them make decisions that can have dramatic impacts on our lives.
State Attorney General Cites Fraudulent, Criminal Video in Latest Plea for Campaign Cash
Brad Schimel has turned a blind eye to political corruption and now he’s turning his back on the health care needs of Wisconsin women and their families.
Senate Republican Session Agenda: More Cronyism and Corruption, Less Health Care
Wisconsin would be ill-served by more of the Walker administration’s cronyism and corruption and less access to comprehensive health care services for families.
Wisconsin’s new solicitor general defends admitting privileges abortion law
"It is Republicans who have targeted reproductive health care with 'special' scrutiny, proposing restriction after restriction designed to burden women and their doctors." [Capital Times]
Speaker Ryan Kicks Off ‘Bold Agenda’ With More of the Same As GOP Votes for at Least Fifty-Fifth Time to Repeal Affordable Care Act
The Ryan-led House is voting for at least the fifty-fifth time to repeal the Affordable Care Act that has helped millions of Americans access health care.
Critics slam Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley for 2006 birth control column
Jenni Dye, research director for One Wisconsin Now, said Bradley is attempting to hide her views from the public now that she's a candidate. [Capital Times]
The Rebecca Bradley Non-Partisan Ruse
Now, thanks to some research by One Wisconsin Now, we find out what appealed to Scott Walker most about Ms. Bradley that made him start wanting to appoint her to any job he could. [Cognitive Dissidence]
Milwaukee Co. Supervisor Deanna Alexander Frets Failing to Defund Planned Parenthood Puts U.S. on Slippery Slope to Revival of Ancient, Ritualistic Human Sacrifice
A GOP Milwaukee Co. Supervisor frets failing to defund Planned Parenthood puts the U.S. on a slippery slope toward the revival of ancient human sacrifice.
Attacks on Lifesaving Medical Research and Women’s Access to Health Care Top State Senate Agenda
From lifesaving research to access to birth control and reproductive health care, it seems as if there’s nowhere Republicans won’t insert partisan politics.
Assembly Republicans Advance Legislation Putting Their Political Vendettas Before Health of Wisconsin Families
Assembly Republicans today continued to push their effort to put politics and their personal beliefs before the health care needs of Wisconsin women, men and families.
Politics Takes Center Stage, Again, As GOP Seeks to Limit Wisconsin Women’s Access to Health Care, Again
The State Assembly Health Committee is holding a public hearing today on legislation that would make it more difficult for Wisconsin women to access comprehensive reproductive health care services.
Scott Walker to campaign at ‘crisis pregnancy center’ also visited by Jeb Bush
It's fitting that the same guy who refused to be straight with Wisconsin voters about his position on abortion in 2014 is visiting a crisis pregnancy center. [Capital Times]
Scott Walker backs bill to block federal money for Planned Parenthood
This latest bill is more political opportunism, putting Walker's presidential primary politics ahead of people's health. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Drafting files reveal series of changes to Wisconsin fetal tissue legislation
One Wisconsin Now research director Jenni Dye noted that the provisions of the original drafting request are no longer part of the bill being introduced and said the timing of the addition of the research ban language suggests it was driven by the release of the Planned Parenthood videos. [Capital Times]
Assembly Republicans Play Politics With Life-Saving Medical Research
Since the late 1990s legislative Republicans have proposed ill-advised legislation that would cripple cutting-edge medical research and threaten scientists with prison time and fines.
Four takeaways from Walker’s showing in the first presidential debate
Liberals were particularly peeved by Walker’s responses to the questions about abortion and targeting of African-Americans. They drew mentions from the websites Huffington Post and Think Progress and from the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin State Journal]
Scott Walker calls abortion to save a woman’s life a ‘false choice’
Jenni Dye, research director for the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, disputed Walker’s comments. “Absolutely there are situations where a woman’s life is in danger if she continues a pregnancy,” she said. “We need someone with medical training making these decisions, not politicians,” said Dye, who previously served as the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin. “If […] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Scott Walker casts himself as ‘aggressively normal’ in first debate, stays clear of GOP squabbling
Liberal group One Wisconsin Now said Walker’s targeting of Planned Parenthood had dire consequences. The group said in a statement that Walker’s defunding of Planned Parenthood forced the closure of rural health centers and cut access to health services such as cancer screenings and birth control. [Wisconsin State Journal]
The Reality of Scott Walker’s Record on Reproductive Health
The totality of Gov. Scott Walker’s actions on reproductive health and women’s economic opportunity rank him as one of, if not the, worst politician in America for women.
Scott Walker signs anti-abortion bill into law
That even one woman’s life or health may be put at risk so Walker can increase his credibility with the extreme right-wing Republican presidential base is as unacceptable as it is heartbreaking. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Scott Walker signs 20-week abortion ban into law
By signing this bill, Walker has forced pure political calculation to take the place of medicine when it comes to personal decisions about a woman’s pregnancy. [Capital Times]
Walker Signs Dangerous Abortion Ban That Could Prevent Doctors From Saving Lives of Mothers When a Pregnancy Goes Tragically Wrong
Gov. Scott Walker has quickly moved to sign the dangerous abortion ban he asked lawmakers to pass without exceptions for rape or incest.
Assembly Republicans Put Gov. Walker’s Presidential Ambitions Before Women’s Health With New Abortion Ban
Politicians have no business imposing their beliefs on women making an intensely personal decision to terminate a wanted pregnancy, often in the most tragic circumstances.