UW Medical School Dean Opposes GOP Abortion Training Limits

The dean of the U-W Madison medical school says a bill to limit abortion training would kill the university’s program to train all pregnancy health professionals. Robert Golden made the remark Tuesday at a Senate hearing on a G-O-P bill to ban U-W employees from using private clinics to train medical residents, and performing abortions at non hospitals. The bill seeks to nullify an agreement between the U-W medical school and Planned Parenthood that allows university faculty to train students at the group’s clinics. Golden says it seeks to comply with the law that bans tax resources for abortions — while keeping the school’s accreditation for its O-B/G-Y-N program. He said the bill would not prevent abortions, but it would weaken a program that addresses a shortage of O-B/G-Y-N across the state.