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Posted: 2019-06-05T20:12:19Z | Updated: 2019-06-05T20:12:19Z

The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a set of anti-abortion bills, sending them to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers desk despite his vow to veto them all.

Among the four bills heading to Evers desk is a so-called born alive measure that creates criminal penalties for doctors who fail to give medical care to babies born during an abortion attempt. It is possible, but very rare , for a fetus to be alive when it is removed from the womb during the procedure.

Its unclear how much of a difference such a bill would make, as there are already protections in place to ensure physicians care for any babies born in such a scenario.

Evers cited those existing protections when explaining his plan to veto the bill.

We have all sorts of issues to deal with in the state of Wisconsin and to pass a bill that is redundant seems to be not a productive use of time, he told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in April. And clearly I ran on the belief and I still believe that women should be able to make choices about their health care. But this deals with a specific issue thats already been resolved.