GOP candidate Tim Michels says he'd ban emergency contraceptives if elected Wisconsin governor

Republican businessman Tim Michels, the front-runner in Wisconsin’s primary race for governor, said he’d ban abortion pills and emergency contraceptives if elected.

An attendee at a recent GOP event in Calumet County asked Michels — who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump last month, launching him into the lead — about his plan to deal with “abortion pills that are being passed off as contraception.” The candidate responded that these pills would “be illegal in Wisconsin,” as heard in an audio clip provided to Heartland Signal.

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Michels made these comments in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court on June 24, which he said at the gathering was “a great day for America.”

Michels has a long history of opposing abortion. He’s against any exceptions to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban, even in cases of rape or incest. Pro-Life Wiconsin, an anti-abortion group that opposes all forms of contraception, endorsed Michels the last time he ran for office.

https://heartlandsignal.com/2022/07/07/leading-gop-candidate-tim-michels-says-hed-ban-emergency-contraceptives-if-elected-wisconsin-governor/