Starting Oct. 1, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will pause scheduling abortion appointments, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
The organization is determining how to move forward under President Donald Trump’s recent tax and spending bill, which has a provision denying Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and its members. The pause comes just a little more than two years after Planned Parenthood announced that it would resume providing abortions in Wisconsin after 15 months without access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.
In the days leading up to Sept. 30, the organization is coordinating with providers throughout the state to see as many patients as possible before the federal law takes effect. In a statement, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin President/CEO Tanya Atkinson said, “We are pursuing every available option—through the courts, through operations and civic engagement.”
After the pause takes effect, states such as Illinois are bracing for an increase in patients, Politico Illinois Playbooknoted.
According to its website, among the other services Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will still offer are HIV and STD testing, vasectomies, birth control and gender-affirming care.