WI-AD61: Wisconsin Rep. Bob Donovan (R) faces uphill reelection battle as his long anti-abortion record comes into focus
Wisconsin state Rep. Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) will defend his Assembly seat in a newly drawn tossup district (61st) as he defends an extensive anti-abortion record.
Despite polling suggesting that the majority of Wisconsinites support abortion being legal in all or most cases, Donovan and his fellow Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature have repeatedly worked to undermine reproductive rights for years. During his reelection campaign in 2022, Donovan advocated for the enforcement of Wisconsin’s stringent 1849 abortion ban on his campaign website, which went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States.
“I am pro-life and will support policies that advocate for the life of our precious unborn,” Donovan’s website said as of Aug. 11, 2022. “We must end the practice of selling fetal body parts and enforce Wisconsin’s abortion ban if Roe vs Wade is overturned.”
The issues section, including the anti-abortion rhetoric, was later scrubbed from Donovan’s website.
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