It is with heavy hearts that we share the loss of three incredible members of the Pro-Life Wisconsin (PLW) family. Heather Kramer and her sons Benjamin and Simon passed away in a tragic automobile accident last Wednesday. Heather and her husband Roy had 13 children, and had lost their youngest, Rose, in 2020.
By Teresa Wolfe, Pro-Life Wisconsin Communications Director
Last Thursday, my cell phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number, but not knowing if someone was trying to reach me for work, I picked it up.
“Hello, this is Teresa,” I said.
“Hi!” said a female voice on the other end of the line. She then went on to explain she was with a local Democrat group and asked if I would be voting for Kamala Harris in the upcoming general election.
Many have asked me over the years what’s the “secret sauce” to saving babies at abortion centers. My number one answer is almost always, “showing up.” It is possible to save babies online, over the phone, text messaging, video conference, but in my opinion, nothing surpasses the personal interaction of a one-on-one conversation with an abortion-oriented mom at an abortion center. Of course, we know the mom is serious about the abortion because SHE is there. Conversely, she knows we are serious about saving her baby because WE are there. Our presence speaks VOLUMES.
Here's a real story about a baby saved in January at Planned Parenthood in Milwaukee.
The United States Supreme Court is on the precipice of overturning its most egregious ruling: Roe v. Wade. After 49 years and over sixty million slain, it is far past time Roe be tossed upon the ash heap of history. If the Supreme Court overturns Roe and Casey and sends the abortion issue back to the states, it is critical that we be prepared to protect every preborn child in Wisconsin from the moment of conception. This will require two, and possibly three, state legislative actions.
Early Sunday morning, Pro-Life Wisconsin received news that the office of our ally, Wisconsin Family Action, had been attacked. The perpetrators set fire to the office, threw Molotov cocktails into the space, and wrote graffiti on the exterior which read, “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.”
In a tweet Saturday evening, Marquette University, a private, Jesuit institution, was seen promoting Planned Parenthood and praising the abortion provider as a “health clinic.” Albeit subtle, the tweet clearly refers to Planned Parenthood in Milwaukee as the subjects of the photo wear scrubs and name tags marked with the Planned Parenthood logo.
It was a cold, Friday morning in Wisconsin. It was a day like any other on Farwell, except it was Good Friday, one of the holiest days of the year. For years, Pro-Life Wisconsin has held a Good Friday Pro-Life Stations of the Cross at St. Rita’s Catholic Church – and then processed solemnly over to the abortion facility on Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee, WI. It always draws a big crowd. That year was no different.
This evening in a 4-2 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Governor Evers' executive order issued earlier today that would have postponed in-person voting until June 9. Tomorrow's general election will proceed as planned. The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC endorsed Justice Daniel Kelly for Wisconsin Supreme Court in January.
Led by Senator André Jacque (R-De Pere), 31 Republican state lawmakers sent a letter to Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm demanding her immediate action to “ensure a halt to the operation of abortion facilities in Wisconsin for the duration of the declared public health emergency.”
It started with a small, candlelight vigil at the abortion center with Bishop Jeffrey Haines on February 17, 2020. It was cold and rainy. I was honored to hold an umbrella for Bishop Haines. On February 26, Ash Wednesday, Archbishop Jerome Listecki joined us in prayer. Clergy came to pray with us through all the days of this campaign.
