Last updated on December 19, 2025

Wisconsin is characterized as a restrictive state by the Guttmacher Institute.

Abortion is banned after 22 weeks gestational duration (with exceptions for preservation of the mother’s life or physical health).

In the US, people who are not white and people with low incomes are more likely to experience barriers to reproductive health care access.
 

IN THIS STATE

As of 2023, 1.2 million women¹ are of reproductive age in Wisconsin.

• 10.9 percent are low income (similar to the national average), making them likely eligible for Medicaid
• 25.8 percent are nonwhite (lower than the national average), and Hispanic people are the largest nonwhite group (9.4 percent; similar to the national average)
• 6.0 percent are uninsured (lower than the national average)

Wisconsin has not expanded Medicaid and provides coverage only to parents and adults without dependent children with incomes up to 100 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and pregnant women up to 306 percent of FPL. Wisconsin has not extended pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage up to 12 months postpartum. Wisconsin does not use state funds to cover abortion for Medicaid beneficiaries with limited exceptions. The state does cover family planning services for people not otherwise eligible for Medicaid with incomes up to 306 percent of FPL.

Accessing Abortion Care

In 2020, four clinics provided abortions in Wisconsin. In 2025, five clinics provided abortions. This number does not include hospitals.

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are organizations—often operated by anti-abortion, nonmedical, and/or religiously affiliated groups—that aim to deter pregnant people from certain reproductive health care services, including abortion and some contraceptive methods. In 2023, there were 53 CPCs in Wisconsin. These centers receive state funding.