In a 4-3 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority ruled the 1849 law had been "impliedly repealed" by changes ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s abortion ban from 1849 on Wednesday. The court’s liberal-leaning majority ...

Wisconsin Catholic Conference Executive Director Barbara Sella condemned the decision, saying that “the court’s majority has ...

State lawmakers adopted the ban in 1849, making it a felony when anyone other than the mother “intentionally destroys the ...

The Court’s majority opinion, authored by Justice Rebecca Dallet and joined by Justices Ann Walsh Bradley, Jill Karofsky and ...

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a 1849 statute that banned nearly all abortions is unenforceable. The majority held that the state legislature 'impliedly repealed' the statute ...

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Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has struck down an 1849 law banning abortions, making the procedure legal and accessible in ...

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Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating ...

In a 4-3 decision, justices ruled that newer legislation supersedes the Civil War-era ban that made abortion a felony, while Republican leaders criticize the court for overstepping.

Local legislators enthusiastically applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s repeal of a pre-Civil War era ban on abortion this ...