Fitzgerald: Scott Walker would sign abortion bill without exemptions

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Madison— As he prepares to launch a presidential bid, Gov. Scott Walker wants a 20-week abortion ban to come to his desk soon, and he doesn't want it to include exemptions for rape and incest, according to one legislative leader.

Another top lawmaker who met with Walker on the issue could not recall whether the governor specifically asked that the bill leave out such exceptions.

The state Senate passed the bill without exemptions this month and Assembly leaders are now determining when to pass it. Both houses are controlled by Walker's fellow Republicans.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) told The New York Times that in a meeting Walker had asked that the measure not include the exemptions. Fitzgerald spokeswoman Myranda Tanck confirmed Tuesday that Fitzgerald made those comments to the Times.

In an interview, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said he did not recall Walker specifically saying he wanted such exemptions left out of the bill, but Walker would sign the bill whether they were included or not. Vos said the meeting occurred a month or two ago.

"I think it's fair to say that he did not have to have exceptions for rape and incest," Vos said of Walker's comments.

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[HassleCat]

1. Who drugged the water?

What the hell happened to Wisconsin? My cousins used to be nice, reasonable dairy farmers. Now they all drive truck and listen to RW talk radio. Wisconsin used to have cows, but no cowboys. Now it's just the opposite. And what's up with the accents? You used to hear people talk like they were in the movie Fargo. Now some of them sound like they just walked down from the hills of Arkansas. Did somebody hire 500 buses to transport hillbillies northward? The Wisconsin I remember would never, never, not in 100 years, elected somebody like Scott Walker. Republican governors were like Warren Knowles, a wealthy vegetable farmer from New Richmond, nothing like the ignorant savage troglodyte nummnutz Republicans they have now.