Who Needs the Women's Vote? Not Scott.
June 23, 2015 3:01 PM Subscribe
Scott Walker recently explained in a Boston Herald radio interview that supporting equal pay for women is "an effort to pit one group of Americans versus another." Three years ago, Walker signed into law a bill that repealed Wisconsin's Equal Pay Enforcement Act. In 2014, facing an opponent polling well among women who attacked him for the repeal, he ran an ad claiming the attacks were unfair because "workplace discrimination will always be illegal."
Walker's approach on reproductive rights has also been interesting. He signed off on a 2011 budget that defunded Planned Parenthood, with crippling effects. In 2013 he signed a law mandating ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in Wisconsin, which he recently defended again by explaining ultrasounds are "pretty cool." He talked at length about his pro life views last fall. And recently he explained he would sign a 20-week abortion ban without any exceptions for victims of rape or incest, arguing that women are concerned with those issues “in the initial months” of pregnancy.
Walker's approach on reproductive rights has also been interesting. He signed off on a 2011 budget that defunded Planned Parenthood, with crippling effects. In 2013 he signed a law mandating ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in Wisconsin, which he recently defended again by explaining ultrasounds are "pretty cool." He talked at length about his pro life views last fall. And recently he explained he would sign a 20-week abortion ban without any exceptions for victims of rape or incest, arguing that women are concerned with those issues “in the initial months” of pregnancy.
This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had a lot of threads about the awfulness of Scott Walker, and it's not clear to me what light another one will shed on the situation, sorry. -- restless_nomad
Meanwhile Meryl Streep urges Congress to back the ERA.
posted by emjaybee at 3:09 PM on June 23, 2015
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