Gov. Walker quietly signs several controversial bills into law

Post by Emily Mills on 4/6/2012 5:00pm

There were no ceremonies with pleased onlookers and throngs of press for the dozens of bills Gov. Scott Walker signed into law late last night.

Among them were four highly controversial measures focused on women's health care and sexual education:

A repeal of the state's Equal Pay law, which allowed victim's of wage discrimination to collect damages of between $50,000 and $300,000, and a repeal of the Healthy Youth Act, which had provided requirements to schools that comprehensive and scientifically accurate information about everything from abstinence to contraception be taught at an age-appropriate level.

Walker also signed into law a ban on abortion coverage through policies as part of a health insurance exchange to be created under the federal health care reform law starting in 2014 (the only exceptions would be in cases of rape, incest or medical necessity); and a bill requiring women seeking abortions to undergo a physical exam and consult with a doctor alone, away from her friends and family, in order to make sure she isn't "being pressured into the decision." Doctors who break the law could be charged with a felony.

According to the AP, "Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, said it was simpler to lump all the bills signed over the two days into one announcement."

"The reason that Governor Walker signed these anti-women bills in the dark of the night, without public notice, before a holiday weekend, is that he is banking on the fact that women are NOT watching and women will not vote on June 5. In fact, he is betting his job on it," said Tanya Atkinson, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.

Several prominent Democratic leaders also fired off scathing critiques in response to the signings, including gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk.

Rep. Christine Sinicki and a list of lawmakers released the following statement:

By signing these bills into law, Gov. Walker has opened up another front in the Republican war on women. The governor has made it clear that he believes women do not deserve equal pay for equal work, that women cannot be trusted to make their own health care decisions and that the government should be dictating the curriculum to local school districts.

Emily Mills

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Emily Mills is Editor-At-Large for Dane101, as well as Editor of Our Lives Magazine. She is also a freelance writer, photographer, actor, and musician (drummer and singer in local band Little Red Wolf). Originally from several states up and down the Midwest Emily has called Madison home since 2000. Contact her at

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This is all appalling.

Submitted by jay (not verified) on Sat, 2012-04-07 08:45.

This is all appalling. However, we need to not lose sight of the fact that this is not just Walker. Scott Walker is just the puppet, peon, lackey, and tool.

He is not making these decisions on his own. This is all part of an agenda.

When these decisions are allowed to stand here, they set a precedent and allow these decisions to become easier elsewhere.

We're allowing Wisconsin to no longer mover forward, and we need to change our state motto to "Spineless!" if we allow these "retrovances" to remain intact and mold how we live life in Wisconsin.

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Out here in the colonies ...

Submitted by Dice (not verified) on Sat, 2012-04-07 09:23.

In Walker's precarious position, this could be political suicide. You can't piss off the female 51% of the population and get away with it anymore.

Scott Walker is a colonial governor, running the state for Koch, ALEC, et al. The repeal of the equal pay law should make that pretty obvious. If all that happens to him is that he gets thrown out of office in the recall, justice will not have been served and I, for one, will be bitterly disappointed. Watching these fascist tools destroy democracy in my state so they can steal resources and money that belong to the people has been nauseating.

Outragous

Submitted by name_here (not verified) on Sat, 2012-04-07 16:13.

Gov. Walker is not fit to be a governor, if he is going to piss off roughly about 1/2 the population, than he does not deserve to be governor and I hope a democrat beats him in a landslide.

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Submitted by Karen R. Arana (not verified) on Mon, 2013-02-04 01:24.

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Submitted by Christian M. Katz (not verified) on Fri, 2013-03-29 22:50.

This is what happens when Democrats bash each other for a year and half. We give Republicans the power to do damaging things like this. I remember warning way back then, that something like this would happen if we didn't stop infighting.

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Submitted by Janice H. Hoskins (not verified) on Wed, 2013-04-03 10:08.

I don't understand abstinence only education. Knowledge is power, regardless of the information. When you withhold information from people, you deny them the ability to make a decision. Rather than using factual information, people will resort to making decisions on partial and mis-information.

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Submitted by Malcolm F. Wofford (not verified) on Mon, 2013-04-08 06:47.

Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed a set of contentious GOP bills barring abortion coverage through health insurance exchanges, requiring doctors to consult privately with women seeking abortions and mandating sex education teachers stress abstinence.

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Submitted by Gail N. Bagby (not verified) on Thu, 2013-04-11 06:15.

It is hard to understand how middle class people have been so brainwashed into thinking that the GOP is looking out for them. It is just stunning.

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Submitted by Hilda J. Smith (not verified) on Sat, 2013-04-13 01:52.

Wake up Scott Walker! Look what happened to the Secret Service guy who tried to screw a poor working girl out of her hard-earned dollars! Scott Walker is history!

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Gov. Walker quietly signs several controversial bills into law

Submitted by Laura R. Horn (not verified) on Wed, 2013-04-17 06:14.

I love the notion that this bill will destroy the middle class, as though only people in government public unions comprise the middle class in Wisconsin. There are millions of middle class people in Wisconsin who don't belong to unions, public or otherwise and who don't have the benefits and job security of the government workers.

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Gov. Walker quietly signs several controversial bills into law

Submitted by Jill A. Yang (not verified) on Fri, 2013-04-19 05:14.

I love the motion that this bill will destroy the middle class, as though only people in government public unions comprise the middle class in Wisconsin. There are millions of middle class people in Wisconsin who don't belong to unions, public or otherwise and who don't have the benefits and job security of the government workers.

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Gov. Walker quietly signs several controversial bills into law

Submitted by Esther W. Britt (not verified) on Sat, 2013-04-20 08:18.

If they believed what they doing were was right, then why make it harder for the people to vote. This seems wrong. You read that some dictator has do this a say he's wrong.

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Submitted by Robert Y. Medrano (not verified) on Wed, 2013-04-24 01:14.

Congratulations to the people of Wisconsin. It's great to see yet another state ending the abuses of unions against the people of their state.

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Submitted by Danny D. McGowan (not verified) on Fri, 2013-04-26 20:22.

Governor Walker stands up for those who line his pockets. Why don't you come up with some solutions to solve this ongoing critical problem and create some policies that secure a women's financial future!

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Submitted by Betty C. Dobson (not verified) on Mon, 2013-04-29 02:14.

Thank you for your continued attention to this issue. Please continue to keep us informed. I intend to make a campaign contribution to any WI gubernatorial candidate who makes a pledge to work to repeal this law, and I encourage others to do the same!

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Gov. Walker quietly signs several controversial bills into law

Submitted by Dan R. Romig (not verified) on Tue, 2013-04-30 07:41.

I cheer for Scott Walker and his war against communism in Wisconsin. Walker understands that stupid laws, like this one, are one of the reasons that businesses take their companies and jobs out of the country.

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Submitted by Michael S. Gonzales (not verified) on Wed, 2013-05-01 06:50.

The problem is that women fell entitled to equal pay even if they don't do equal work. Men don't take massive amounts of time off for maternity leave. Men don't take sick days every month for menstrual cramps.

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Submitted by Janice C. Lee (not verified) on Thu, 2013-05-02 07:57.

Go Wisconsin. The whole country is watching. Your courage to stand up to Walker and his greedy masters is a shining example of what America is all about.

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Submitted by Connie S. Tuttle (not verified) on Fri, 2013-05-03 06:14.

Thanks for posting! Walker also signed into law a ban on abortion coverage through policies as part of a health insurance exchange to be created under the federal health care reform law.

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Submitted by Dennis D. Hardison (not verified) on Mon, 2013-05-06 10:22.

The thing is taking away collective bargaining rights has nothing to do with the budget! Their state legislature hasn't even voted on the state's budget yet! Taking away collective bargaining rights will more than likely kill jobs rather than save them!

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Submitted by Jose S. Fox (not verified) on Tue, 2013-05-07 07:24.

I think there is a logic. The people that donate millions to walker believe this horse shit, and as such he is going to do as he is told and as he did as milwaukee county executive.

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