Wisconsin’s first independent nonprofit abortion clinic has opened in Milwaukee, according to a news release.
The Care for All Community Clinic, 756 N. 35th St., aims to expand access to abortion and reproductive health care, especially for underserved communities, regardless of ability to pay. The clinic opened in June.
Executive Director Ali Kliegman, a Milwaukee native active in the Jewish community, said her commitment to accessible, quality healthcare is rooted in Jewish values. She highlighted Maimonides’ principle of anonymous giving – charity done purely for its own sake – as a foundation for Care for All’s “trust-based model,” where assistance is provided without proof of need.
The clinic site is at CareForAllWi.org.
Abortion in Wisconsin
The clinic has opened as Wisconsin law remains in flux. Legal challenges to abortion access in Wisconsin go all the way back to 1849, when Wisconsin passed a law considering performing an abortion to be manslaughter. The 1973 landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade effectively nullified Wisconsin’s original 1849 abortion ban, but lawmakers never formally repealed it. Conservatives argue that the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, which ended federal abortion protections – allowing individual states to regulate or ban the procedure – put the state’s 1849 ban back into effect, according to PBS Wisconsin.
Elective abortions in Wisconsin remain contested following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. PBS Wisconsin reported that a Dane County judge’s ruling in 2023 invalidated the 1849 abortion ban, which led to the resumption of some abortion services, yet Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, appealed her decision directly to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, now with a liberal majority, prepares to hear and review arguments on whether the state Constitution guarantees abortion rights, according to Wisconsin Watch. The court plans to issue their decision before July 31, the end of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 2025 term.
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