US EditionWisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court has chosen to review two challenges to a 175-year-old law that some claim prohibits abortion without going through lower courts.
- The cases question if the state's 1849 law does indeed bar abortion and if abortion is a protected right by the state Constitution.
- The 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade led to the activation of Wisconsin's 1849 law, criminalizing intentional destruction of an unborn child's life, excluding the mother.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear case to enshrine abortion rights in state Constitution - Washington Examiner
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a case from Planned Parenthood that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s Constitution. The court’s liberal majority handed down the order to hear the case. Last week, Wisconsin’s high court launched an investigation after Wisconsin Watch released the court’s decision to take up the case. The case will ask the high court to rule that access to abortion is a right protected by the Wiscon…
WILL: Statement on recent SCOWIS decision to consider original action in Planned Parenthood abortion case
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has issued a statement after the Supreme Court of Wisconsin has agreed to hear a case from Planned Parenthood that attempts to create a constitutional right to an abortion in Wisconsin. The Quotes: WILL...
Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts abortion rights cases • Wisconsin Examiner
The seven members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court hear oral arguments. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner)The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that it would hear two cases filed by Attorney General Josh Kaul and Planned Parenthood that will determine if Wisconsinites have a right to abortion care. The cases, accepted concurrently, ask if the state’s 1849 law widely seen as banning abortion actually does so and if abortion is a right prot…
Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin asked the high court in February to invalidate the statutes. The organization argues the Wisconsin Constitution’s declaration that people have the right to life, liberty
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