Compare the Candidates for
Milwaukee County Executive
 
For 5 years in the State Legislature, Lena Taylor worked to protect reproductive rights and a woman's right to full and equal health care access.
 
 
Pro-Choice: 100% 		For 9 years in the State Legislature, Scott Walker took extremist votes and opposed access to reproductive rights, including birth control.

 
Pro-Choice: 0%

Pharmacist Refusals of Birth Control

Lena Taylor sponsored legislation to stop pharmacists from refusing women their safe, legal birth control prescriptions. (SB 232, 2008)

Scott Walker sponsored legislation to allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense safe, legal birth control prescriptions. (AB 168, 2002)
Access to Birth Control & Family Planning

Lena Taylor supported family planning health care services for low-income women. (SB 40, 2007)

Scott Walker voted to eliminate family planning health care services for low-income women.
(AB 831, 2002)
Lena Taylor sponsored and helped pass the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims bill to require hospital emergency rooms to provide rape victims with information about and access to emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy after an assault. (AB 377/SB 129, 2008)
 Scott Walker voted to deny women insurance coverage of birth control. (AR 55, 2002)
Access to Education and Information
Lena Taylor sponsored the Responsible Sex Education bill to provide Milwaukee students with comprehensive sex education that includes information about abstinence and birth control. (SB 405, 2008) Scott Walker voted to allow health care providers to withhold medical information and  to refuse routine prenatal care to women.
(AB 360, 2002)

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin
Supports Lena Taylor for Milwaukee County Executive
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