Wisconsin AG weighs in on abortion lawsuit, following …
2 days ago · Emily Hamer/Wisconsin Watch. This week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could shape the future of reproductive rights in the state. The high court is weighing whether a 19th century state law should criminalize abortion providers. The lawsuit, filed in 2022, was brought by state Attorney General Josh Kaul after the U ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court wrestles with state's 1849 abortion ban…
2 days ago · An attorney representing a conservative prosecutor struggled Monday to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban.
Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year …
3 days ago · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up challenge to 1849 abortion law
3 days ago · The case was filed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul and Gov. Tony Evers in the days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. It challenges the state’s 1849 abortion ban, which was believed for almost 18 months to ban most abortions in Wisconsin. The case is perhaps the most high-profile litigation to reach the ...
WI Supreme Court hears case on 1849 law that could impact abortion …
2 days ago · FILE - The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen inside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 14, 2024. It is now up to Wisconsin Supreme Court justices to decide the fate of an abortion law from the mid-1800s. A circuit court determined last year an 1849 law does not apply to "medically consented" abortions in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban …
3 days ago · Harm Venhuizen/AP. MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether an …
3 days ago · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments over 1849 abortion ban
3 days ago · The liberal-leaning court heard oral arguments Monday over whether an 1849 state law specifically bans abortions or whether subsequent laws or court rulings override the 175-year-old statute. Dane ...
Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban …
3 days ago · MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced. Abortion rights advocates stand an excellent chance of prevailing, given that liberal justices control the court and one of them remarked on the ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether state's 1849 abortion ban …
3 days ago · Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid. The ban stood until 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion ...