Democrats - Solid Support Against the Amendment:

Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, taking the place of absent committee member Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, spoke against the proposed ban.

“I think all the constitutional amendment does is take away rights,” Carpenter said. “I think it was [Supreme Court] Justice Ginsberg who said the history of constitutional law in this country has been the adding of rights, not the diminishment of rights in our constitutions.”

Former Sen. Joe Wineke returned to the Capitol to voice his opposition to the amendment.

“I am here to say you are abridging the rights of many individuals in this state, and what you are doing is wrong,” Wineke, who is also chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, said.