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Abortion is before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, Nov11: You can watch live at (Original Post) riversedge Nov 9 OP
Thanks for posting this... Ysabel Nov 10 #1
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question enforcing 1849 law as an abortion ban Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 12 #2

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2. Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question enforcing 1849 law as an abortion ban
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 03:07 PM
Nov 12

Justice Jill Karofsky appeared immediately opposed to attorney Matthew Thome’s proposed interpretation Wisconsin's 1849 law with regard to abortion. (Screenshot via Wiseye)

Several of the Wisconsin Supreme Court liberal justices appeared opposed to the enforcement of a 174-year old law when it comes to abortion during oral arguments Monday in a high-profile case meant to clarify law in the state.

Wisconsin abortion law has been unsettled since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, sending decisions about abortion legality back to states. Health care providers in Wisconsin immediately ceased providing abortion care due to the state’s 1849 law. Attorney General Josh Kaul and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers filed a lawsuit challenging the statute in June 2022, arguing that it had been superseded by other laws passed by the state, including a ban on abortions after 20 weeks enacted in 2015, and could not be enforced as applied to abortions.

Access ceased for 15 months until a Dane County judge ruled in December 2023 that the law applies to feticide, not abortion, allowing providers to resume services. Sheboygan District Attorney Joel Urmanski, a defendant in the case, appealed the decision to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and Kaul also wanted a review of the decision from the Court. Milwaukee County DA John T. Chisholm and Dane County DA Ismael Ozanne are also defendants in the case, but both oppose enforcing the law.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-supreme-court-justices-enforcing-230945822.html

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