MADISON, Wis. (AP) – University of Wisconsin Health is denying that it is dropping plans to offer abortions at a Madison clinic.
A letter sent Friday from an attorney with the state Department of Justice says that UW had abandoned its controversial plan to offer second-trimester abortions at the clinic. But on Wednesday, UW Health issued a statement saying that was not true. The statement says “UW Health remains strongly committed to a comprehensive womenâ??s reproduction health service that includes this important procedure.”
The board that oversees the clinic approved a plan to begin offering abortions there back in February 2009 but the services have not begun.