NEENAH, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wis., is expected to sign Gail’s Law as soon as it reaches his desk. Last Thursday, the Wisconsin State Assembly unanimously passed the legislation by a 96-0 vote.
Gail’s Law is named after Gail Zeamer, a Neenah woman who died from breast cancer in 2024. The law will expand access to breast cancer screenings for women with dense breast tissue.
About 40 to 50% of women have dense breast tissue, according to UW Health. It can be more challenging to find breast cancer in a patient who has dense breast tissue because cancer shows up as white on a mammogram, and dense breast tissue also shows up as white…