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The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling doesn't prevent additional court challenges or prohibit lawmakers from passing an abortion ban in the future.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically retaken effect after the U.S.
State lawmakers adopted the ban in 1849, making it a felony when anyone other than the mother “intentionally destroys the life of an unborn child.” ...
The liberal majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, backing a lower court’s decision to overturn the 19th-century law. The 4-3 ruling ends ...
The recent debate started when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. People on both sides said Wisconsin’s ...
today’s decision affirms that access to reproductive healthcare will continue to be available, helping ensure Wisconsin women today are not forced to face firsthand what it’s like to live in a state ...
Even after the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to decriminalize abortion in the state, changes to Medicaid means many ...
Justice Rebecca Bradley and Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor, likely 2026 Supreme Court candidates, draw contrast on abortion ruling.
Despite the regaining of abortion access, Wisconsin “remained one of the top states for (Illinois) patient volume,” the ...
Democrats cheered the ruling as an affirmation that abortion is legal in Wisconsin, while Republicans argue the court ...
Wade, the court's landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, in June 2022 reactivated an 1849 Wisconsin law that conservatives interpreted as banning abortion.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban in a 4-3 ruling, saying that it was superseded by a more recent state law criminalizing abortions only in ...