NARAL grades Wisconsin a C minus on ability to abort children

1/14, 4:13p: Here’s one time when we hope for a bad grade, an “F” in NARAL’s annual state report cards and ranking.

NARAL has just released its 20th annual report, Who Decides? The Status of Women’s Reproductive Rights in the United States, and I’m happy to announce 19 states got Fs this year. Taking reverse first place would be North Dakota, ranked 50th!

On the other end – bummer – NARAL gave As to 16 states, A+ even to California and Washington, ranked 1 and 2 respectively.

Reporting on Who Decides?, Womensenews.org quoted NARAL policy director Donna Crane as predicting “2011 will be a banner year for anti-choice legislation in the states,” anticipating a “deluge” of pro-life legislation due to the shifting state legislatures. We can only hope.

JillStanek

Wisconsin gets a C minus and ranked 24th out of 50 states.

(Pro-Abortion) A or A-: Alaska, California, Connecticut, DC, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington

B+, B or B-: Illinois, Massachusetts, West Virginia

C+, C or C-: Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin

D+, D or D-: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Wyoming

(Pro-Life) F: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia,

Here's the Wisconsin details.  The good:

Abortion Bans

Wisconsin has unconstitutional and unenforceable criminal bans on abortion.
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Biased Counseling & Mandatory Delay

Wisconsin law subjects women seeking abortion services to biased-counseling requirements and mandatory delays.
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Counseling Ban/Gag Rule

Wisconsin prohibits certain state employees and organizations receiving state funds from counseling or referring women for abortion services.
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Insurance Prohibition for Abortion

Wisconsin restricts insurance coverage of abortion for some individuals.
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Refusal to Provide Medical Services

Wisconsin allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women specific reproductive-health services, information, or referrals.
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Restrictions on Low-Income Women's Access to Abortion

Wisconsin restricts low-income women's access to abortion.
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Restrictions on Young Women's Access to Abortion

Wisconsin law restricts young women's access to abortion services by mandating parental consent.
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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Wisconsin subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals.
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The Bad:

Contraceptive Equity

Wisconsin law requires health-insurance plans that cover prescription medication and employers that provide insurance coverage for prescription medication to provide the same coverage for contraception.
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Emergency Contraception

Wisconsin law improves women's access to emergency contraception (EC).
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Guaranteed Access to Prescriptions

Wisconsin guarantees that women's birth-control prescriptions will be filled.
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Low-Income Women's Access to Family Planning

Wisconsin provides certain low-income women increased coverage for Medicaid-funded family-planning services.
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Protection Against Clinic Violence

Wisconsin law protects women seeking reproductive-health care and medical personnel from blockades and violence.
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Can you believe they put infanticide on their list?  Incredible.  Restrictions on infanticide?  Wouldn't it be nice if infanticide was completely illegal in Wisconsin??

OTHER RELEVANT LAWS
Post-Viability Abortion Restriction

Wisconsin restricts post-viability abortion.
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HT Stella Borealis

Come on, we can flunk this thing if we really believe in ourselves!