Overview
- The organization will try to see patients through Sept. 30 and stop booking abortion appointments starting Oct. 1 while it seeks legal and operational options to resume care.
- The new law withholds Medicaid reimbursements for one year from nonprofit providers that offer abortions and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid funds in 2023.
- A lower-court injunction blocking the provision was put on hold by an appeals panel this month, enabling enforcement while litigation continues.
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says the pause is intended to allow it to continue serving other Medicaid patients, with referrals directed to two independent Milwaukee clinics and to providers in Illinois and Minnesota.
- The affiliate serves about 50,000 people statewide, roughly 60% on Medicaid, and Illinois providers say they are preparing for increased patient volumes from Wisconsin; Wisconsin’s attorney general joined a multistate effort seeking to freeze the provision.