{"id":65310,"date":"2015-06-25T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T14:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=65310"},"modified":"2015-06-25T03:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T07:09:47","slug":"wisconsin-senate-leader-says-walker-specifically-wanted-no-exceptions-20-week-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-senate-leader-says-walker-specifically-wanted-no-exceptions-20-week-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Senate Leader says Walker specifically wanted no exceptions in 20-week abortion ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/walker-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"walker\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/>A Wisconsin Republican leader has indicated that Governor Scott Walker may strengthing his views on abortion, the\u00a0<em>Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/fitzgerald-scott-walker-would-sign-abortion-bill-without-exemptions-b99525640z1-309393361.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks first made to the <em>New York Times<\/em> and confirmed for the <em>Journal-Sentinel<\/em> by a spokesman, state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said that in a meeting earlier this year Walker specifically asked that rape and incest exceptions not be included in a bill to ban abortions past 20 weeks, which <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2015\/proposals\/sb179\" target=\"_blank\">passed the Senate 19-14<\/a> on June 9.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos\u2014who has not decided whether to amend the bill to include the exceptions, or whether his chamber will take it up this summer or postpone it until the fall\u2014says he does not recall Walker explicitly opposing the exceptions, simply that he would be willing to sign the legislation without them: \u201cI think it\u2019s fair to say that he did not have to have exceptions for rape and incest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News has <a href=\"\/news\/discuss-abortion-rape-without-getting-accused-akin-moments\/\">previously covered<\/a>, Walker publicly said on June 1 that he would be willing to sign either version of the 20-week abortion ban: \u201cIt\u2019s an unborn life, it\u2019s an unborn child, and that\u2019s why we feel strongly about it.\u201d He has not public urged the Legislature to add or remove exceptions, but argued that for most victims of rape and incest, abortion would only be a concern \u201cin the initial months\u201d of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Walker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/scott-walker-takes-another-step-toward-presidential-campaign-with-new-committee-b99522092z1-308134051.html\">formed a \u201ctesting the waters\u201d committee<\/a> earlier in June to raise money for a likely 2016 presidential campaign, but has not yet formally announced that he will seek the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wisconsin Republican leader has indicated that Governor Scott Walker may strengthing his views on abortion, the\u00a0Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. 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