In a little more than a week, a hastily assembled coalition of state and local officials, women’s health advocates and consumers convinced UW Hospital officials to reverse their decision to close the hospital’s fertility clinic.
The players included Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, Dane County’s legislative delegation, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health, and numerous current and former patients of the facility.