The Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated a state abortion ban that was enacted in 1849 and had been dormant for five decades. The decision on Wednesday settles an uncertainty that has surrounded ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure. AP Wisconsin ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal justices strike down 176-year-old abortion ban The state's attorney general argued that Republican legislation passed while the Roe v. Wade decision was in effect ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022, conservatives claimed the old ban became enforceable again. That same year, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit. He argued that ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that ...

Legislators never officially repealed the ban, however, and conservatives argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe reactivated it. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a ...

JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images The Wisconsin Supreme Court has narrowly ruled that a near-total ban on abortion passed in the 19th century is no longer valid in light of other abortion regulations ...

The backstory: The recent debate started when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. People on both sides said Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law sprung back into effect.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes ...