SB 260

This bill prohibits an employee of the University of Wisconsin System or the

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority from, while in the scope of

his or her employment, performing or assisting in the performance of an abortion;

performing services at a private entity where abortions are performed that is not a

hospital; or training or receiving training in performing abortions. Additionally, the

UW System and the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority are prohibited under the

bill from using funds or property to provide liability protection for or enter into any

type of agreement for employees to perform any of those activities that the bill

directly prohibits employees from performing. For purposes of these prohibitions, an

abortion, as defined under current law, is the use of a substance or device with intent

to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be or for whom there is reason to

believe may be pregnant and with intent other than to increase the probability of a

live birth, to preserve the life or health of the infant after live birth, or to remove a

dead fetus.

Under current law, no funds of the state or of certain local governmental units,

including funds of the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority, and no federal funds

passing through the state treasury may be authorized for or paid to a physician or

hospital, clinic, or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion. For

purposes of the funding prohibition, abortion is defined as the intentional

destruction of life of an unborn child. The funding prohibition in current law does

not apply when the abortion is directly and medically necessary to save the life of the

mother, when directly and medically necessary to prevent grave, long-lasting

physical health damage to the mother, or in circumstances of sexual assault or incest,

if certain certification requirements are fulfilled.