MADISON, Wis. — Out-of-touch Republicans like Bob Donovan are learning the hard way that women like having reproductive freedoms. Now, Bob Donovan and his extremist friends are doing their best to hide their anti-abortion records from voters—but even scrubbing his website of any mention of his anti-abortion stance can’t hide Bob Donovan’s extreme record.

Recent reporting from Heartland Signal reveals that Bob Donovan’s backwards views on abortion are nothing new. In 2019, Bob Donovan called abortion “evil” and “manifest wickedness,” and later applauded the overturning of Roe v. Wade and supported Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban. Just this year, Bob Donovan introduced a 14-week abortion ban—he even said that he “struggled” with the bill because he believed it did not go far enough.

See more about Bob Donovan’s record from the Heartland Signal:

Heartland Signal: Wisconsin Rep. Bob Donovan Faces Uphill Reelection Battle as His Long Anti-Abortion Record Comes into Focus
By: Richard Eberwein

• Wisconsin state Rep. Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) will defend his Assembly seat in a newly drawn tossup district (61st) as he defends an extensive anti-abortion record.

• During his reelection campaign in 2022, Donovan advocated for the enforcement of Wisconsin’s stringent 1849 abortion ban on his campaign website, which went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States.

• “I am pro-life and will support policies that advocate for the life of our precious unborn,” Donovan’s website said as of Aug. 11, 2022. “We must end the practice of selling fetal body parts and enforce Wisconsin’s abortion ban if Roe vs Wade is overturned.”

• The issues section, including the anti-abortion rhetoric, was later scrubbed from Donovan’s website.

• In January, Donovan introduced Assembly Bill 975, a piece of legislation that would put a 14-week abortion ban in front of voters in a statewide referendum. At the time, Donovan asserted his support on the basis that he is Catholic.

• “I struggled with this legislation here before us today, but I am supporting it because I believe, if enacted, it will help reduce the loss of life,” Donovan said. “I am pro-life, and I am Catholic, and I believe that abortion is the taking of a human being.”

• In 2022, Donovan also accepted an endorsement from Wisconsin Right To Life (WRTL), a group that does not support exceptions for rape or incest exceptions for abortion bans. Both Donovan and Kitchens participated in a survey conducted by WRTL, where they indicated support for controversial crisis pregnancy centers and for “protecting all preborn children from abortion.”