Press Room

For Immediate Release
July 22, 2010

Contact: Peggy Hamill, State Director, (262) 796-1111, cell (414) 416-0489
Virginia Zignego, Communications Director, 262-796-1111, cell (262) 370-3993

UW continues to bleed pro-abortion money

An open records request, conducted by Pro-Life Wisconsin, revealed a $2,000 check written to sponsor a day-long summit purportedly focusing on Wisconsin women’s health. The $2,000 check was written by the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority [UWHCA], and in return, University of Wisconsin Health was listed as a sponsor. Click here to view the check.

The Wisconsin Women’s Health Policy Summit, held this past May, included presenters such as Nicole Safar and Lorraine Lathen of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and promoted abortion under the guise of reproductive health. Planned Parenthood was also a sponsor. Click here to view the promotional flier. Click here to view the day’s agenda.

Donna Katen-Bahensky, president of UWHCA, approved the sponsorship. Click here to view the email exchange.

“Parents need to know that when they send their child to UW for a degree, particularly for a medical degree, there will be exposure to and high pressure to conform to an extreme abortion agenda,” said Virginia Zignego, communications director and a UW-Madison graduate. “This is just another example of our state-funded University of Wisconsin pushing chemical and surgical abortion.”

“When will the flow of money into pro-abortion coffers end?” asked Peggy Hamill, state director. “Nine of my children have attended UW schools, and as a parent and taxpayer, I am disgusted with this attempted indoctrination of our youth into pro-abortion extremism.”