Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions in Wisconsin after more than a year
1 year, 3 months ago

Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions in Wisconsin after more than a year

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Planned Parenthood resumed offering abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday after halting them for more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. According to Planned Parenthood of Illinois, its clinics have seen a seven-fold increase in patients from Wisconsin since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. Women’s Medical Fund of Wisconsin, which offers financial assistance for abortion procedures and related costs, helped 477 patients from Wisconsin obtain abortions outside the state in the first six months of 2023, according to board president Cynthia Lin. The lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s 1849 law was brought by the state’s Democratic attorney general and is expected to end up in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which flipped to liberal control last month.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — 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 high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s ruling last year that invalidated the ban. …

Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid

NPR  

Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid toggle caption 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 can still be enforced. Sponsor Message The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 …

Takeaways from AP’s report on a new abortion clinic in rural southeast Kansas
3 months, 1 week ago

Takeaways from AP’s report on a new abortion clinic in rural southeast Kansas

Associated Press  

PITTSBURG, Kan. — A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas. Border states are becoming abortion-access hubs Over the past two years, Kansas is one of five states that people are most likely to travel to in order to get an abortion if their state doesn’t …

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Associated Press  

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. AP AUDIO: US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds AP correspondent …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people of Iowa.” Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnant

The Independent  

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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

LA Times  

Iowa’s strict abortion law is expected to take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported …

Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided Tuesday to consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives maintain bans abortion without letting the cases wind through lower courts. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nullified the statutes, but legislators never repealed them. The decision emboldened Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions in …

Wisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court says an order against an anti-abortion protester violated First Amendment

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a Planned Parenthood nurse violated his First Amendment free speech rights and must be overturned. A Trempealeu County judge in 2020 barred Brian Aish from being near nurse Nancy Kindschy who sometimes worked in a small family planning clinic in …

Wisconsin Supreme Court seeks investigation after abortion draft order leaks
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court seeks investigation after abortion draft order leaks

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court called for an investigation Wednesday after the leak of a draft order that showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood that seeks to declare that access to abortion is a right protected by the state constitution. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has not said whether it …

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A liberal judge who previously represented Planned Parenthood in a case related to abortion access entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, with majority control of the battleground state’s highest court on the line. AP AUDIO: Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is once …

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state’s near-total ban. The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by the same plaintiffs, but said the state’s constitution protects a women’s right to an abortion when her life or health is at …

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients
9 months ago

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin will have access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill starting Tuesday, allowing them to easily receive contraceptive medication with no out-of-pocket costs or doctor’s prescription, Gov. Evers said it was more important than ever to ensure access to the drug “as we see continued attacks on women’s reproductive freedoms here in Wisconsin …

Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional
10 months ago

Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. “We’re asking the court to basically say laws related to abortion would be subject to the highest level of scrutiny.” The Supreme Court has not said whether it will accept the case, …

Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling
10 months ago

Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether a 174-year-old state law bans abortion in the state without waiting for a ruling from a lower appellate court. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, reactivated an 1849 law that conservatives have interpreted …

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
10 months, 1 week ago

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The rules instruct physicians to make “a bona fide effort to detect a fetal heartbeat” by performing a transabdominal pelvic ultrasound “in …

Wisconsin Republicans approve bill banning abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans approve bill banning abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Thursday that would call for a binding statewide referendum to ban abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy. “A vote against is a vote against the will of the people,” Republican Rep. Amanda Nedweski, the bill’s chief Assembly sponsor, said during a news conference before the floor session began. …

Why Vice President Harris went to Wisconsin today to talk about abortion
11 months ago

Why Vice President Harris went to Wisconsin today to talk about abortion

NPR  

Why Vice President Harris went to Wisconsin today to talk about abortion Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Vice President Harris marked the 51st anniversary of landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade on Tuesday by kicking off a tour to draw attention to new restrictions on abortion, laying the blame for them at the …

Wisconsin Republicans introduce a bill to ban abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy
11 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans introduce a bill to ban abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly introduced a bill Friday that would call for a binding statewide referendum on whether abortion should be banned after 14 weeks of pregnancy. However, the proposal could still galvanize the conservative base after Democrats parlayed anger over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn its landmark 1972 Roe v. Wade ruling, …

Top Wisconsin Republican wants to put abortion laws on a future ballot
1 year ago

Top Wisconsin Republican wants to put abortion laws on a future ballot

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s top Republican wants to let voters decide whether to shrink the window of time in which women can get abortions, but the state’s Democratic governor says he won’t allow it. The state of abortion laws in Wisconsin was thrown into confusion in June 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, …

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state
1 year ago

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined that an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski on Tuesday appealed the ruling from a Dane County judge that said there is no state ban on …

Vice President Harris announces nationwide events focused on abortion
1 year ago

Vice President Harris announces nationwide events focused on abortion

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is redoubling her focus on abortion rights as the election year begins, planning a nationwide series of events as Democrats try to rally voters to give President Joe Biden a second term and regain full control of Congress. Her first event is scheduled for Wisconsin on Jan. 22, which would have been the 51st …

Republican prosecutor will appeal judge’s ruling invalidating Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban
1 year ago

Republican prosecutor will appeal judge’s ruling invalidating Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican prosecutor said Wednesday that he plans to appeal a court ruling that Wisconsin law permits abortions, the first step toward a potential showdown in the state Supreme Court over abortion rights. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski issued a statement through his attorneys saying that he disagrees with Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper’s July …

Wisconsin judge reaffirms July ruling that state law permits consensual abortions
1 year ago

Wisconsin judge reaffirms July ruling that state law permits consensual abortions

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday reaffirmed her ruling from earlier this year that state law permits consensual medical abortions, handing abortion rights advocates a massive victory but opening up appellate options for conservatives. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court’s landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, in June 2022 reactivated an 1849 Wisconsin …

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction Thursday to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The plaintiffs include the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; another past abortion …

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling
1 year, 3 months ago

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions. Abortion clinics across the state stopped offering abortions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Dane County Circuit Judge …

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing
1 year, 4 months ago

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court on Monday denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. The ACLU of Indiana’s executive director, Jane Henegar, released a statement saying Monday was “a dark day in Indiana’s history.” “We have seen the horrifying …

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that let Nebraska abortion ban stand
1 year, 4 months ago

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that let Nebraska abortion ban stand

Associated Press  

— Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has appealed a judge’s ruling that left a new Nebraska law intact that bans abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and imposes restrictions on gender-affirming surgery. Planned Parenthood filed its appeal Friday with help from the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, one week after a judge sided with the state and rejected the …

Iowa law banning most abortions after about 6 weeks takes effect as judge weighs whether to block it
1 year, 5 months ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after about 6 weeks takes effect as judge weighs whether to block it

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy was signed into law Friday, forcing clinics to scramble to arrange out-of-state care for many women whose access immediately ended as a judge considered whether to temporarily put a hold on the law. The ACLU of Iowa, Planned Parenthood North Central States and the …

Wisconsin judge: Lawsuit to repeal abortion ban can continue
1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin judge: Lawsuit to repeal abortion ban can continue

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s 173-year-old abortion ban outlaws killing fetuses but doesn’t apply to consensual medical abortions, a judge ruled Friday in allowing a lawsuit challenging the ban to continue in the perennial battleground state. Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper said the legal language in the ban doesn’t use the term “abortion” so the law only prohibits attacking a …

Wisconsin Republicans look for rebound, Democrats stay on offensive as 2024 fights loom
1 year, 6 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans look for rebound, Democrats stay on offensive as 2024 fights loom

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans still reeling from an April election that saw conservatives lose majority control of the state Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years hope to use their upcoming state convention to unify and refocus on the 2024 presidential race in which Wisconsin will once again be a battleground. “I’m not coming over to put …

GOP prosecutor urges judge to toss Wisconsin abortion suit
1 year, 7 months ago

GOP prosecutor urges judge to toss Wisconsin abortion suit

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Attorneys for a Republican prosecutor urged a judge Thursday to toss out a lawsuit seeking to repeal Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban, arguing that a newer state law permitting pre-viability abortions complements the ban rather than supersedes it, as Democrats maintain. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973 that legalized abortion statewide effectively voided …

Wisconsin judge to hear first arguments in abortion lawsuit
1 year, 7 months ago

Wisconsin judge to hear first arguments in abortion lawsuit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Wisconsin judge was set to hear arguments Thursday in …

Sen. Ron Johnson renews call for Wisconsin abortion vote
1 year, 8 months ago

Sen. Ron Johnson renews call for Wisconsin abortion vote

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday renewed his call for a statewide vote in Wisconsin on abortion rights, saying he thought most voters would support a ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Johnson won reelection to a third term in November, one of only two Republicans to win statewide in Wisconsin since the U.S. Supreme Court …

Trump privately panics GOP is on the verge of 'losing big' thanks to abortion
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump privately panics GOP is on the verge of 'losing big' thanks to abortion

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has reportedly been having frank conversations with leading right-wing evangelicals in which he's warned them against taking a hardline stance on abortion rights. Rolling Stone reports that Trump told these leaders that the GOP risks "losing big" unless it emphasizes that it won't enforce abortion bans in cases of rape, incest, or where the life of …

Abortion drives liberal’s win in Wisconsin court election
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion drives liberal’s win in Wisconsin court election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic-backed candidate Janet Protaswiecz’s victory in Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court election is a fresh example of the enduring political power of abortion rights in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal. “Wisconsinites are committed to reproductive freedom and upholding our state’s proud tradition of civic engagement.” Protasiewicz leaned into the high stakes during her campaign, announcing in …

Wisconsin Voters Just Took Their Democracy Back
1 year, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Voters Just Took Their Democracy Back

Slate  

In what was likely the most important election of the year, Wisconsin voters elected liberal-leaning judge Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. And it’s worth noting that in 2020, it was due only to the defection of one conservative justice that the state Supreme Court narrowly upheld President Joe Biden’s Wisconsin win amid Donald Trump’s legal crusade …

Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race
1 year, 8 months ago

Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time in 15 years with the fate of the state’s abortion ban on the line. The victory speaks to the importance of abortion as an issue for Democrats in a key …

Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat ahead of abortion ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat ahead of abortion ruling

LA Times  

A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race on Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time in 15 years with the fate of the state’s abortion ban pending. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Justice Dan Kelly, who previously worked for Republicans and had support from the …

Abortion Rights And Democracy Are On The Line In Wisconsin Court Race
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion Rights And Democracy Are On The Line In Wisconsin Court Race

Huff Post  

MILWAUKEE ― Wisconsinites are set to elect a new justice to the state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday. The combination of a “tipping point” election for control of the state Supreme Court and its relevance for “hot-button issues” like abortion rights and gerrymandering, “make this maybe the biggest Wisconsin Supreme Court race that we’ve ever had,” said Robert Yablon, a constitutional …

Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake
1 year, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and likely the future of abortion access, Republican-drawn legislative maps and years of GOP policies in the key swing state rests with the outcome an election Tuesday that has seen record campaign spending. “The policy direction of Wisconsin is going to be determined in large part by this Supreme Court race,” …

Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake
1 year, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake

LA Times  

Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and probably the future of abortion access, Republican-drawn legislative maps and years of GOP policies in the key swing state rests on the outcome of an election Tuesday that has seen record campaign spending. It’s the latest election where abortion rights has been the central issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade …

Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions
1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed. “I won’t sign a bill that leaves Wisconsin women with fewer rights and freedoms than they had before the U.S. …

Wisconsin Republicans Propose Abortion Ban Exceptions
1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans Propose Abortion Ban Exceptions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed, but would not return the same rights that were in place under Roe v. Wade. Evers soundly …

Debate on abortion access turns to Wisconsin high court race
1 year, 10 months ago

Debate on abortion access turns to Wisconsin high court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — National groups on both sides of the abortion fight on Wednesday pledged significant spending in the race for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, tossing the perennial battleground state into the spotlight of the searing debate over abortion access. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz, who campaigned as an abortion rights supporter and received the …

Abortion Is Turning Wisconsin Blue in a Critical Judicial Race
1 year, 10 months ago

Abortion Is Turning Wisconsin Blue in a Critical Judicial Race

Slate  

On Tuesday, in a state judicial election loaded with national significance, Wisconsin’s primary vote put progressive Judge Janet Protasiewicz in the catbird seat for the swing seventh vote on the state’s Supreme Court. The fundraising group Emily’s List, which made Protasiewicz the first state Supreme Court candidate it has ever endorsed, will have to do the same. In the last …

Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race
1 year, 10 months ago

Abortion among major issues at stake in Wisconsin court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative tilt on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has given Republicans victories on voting restrictions, gerrymandered legislative districts and other high-stakes cases in recent years. “But in Wisconsin, this race is at least as important as all the battles of the last two years.” The Supreme Court election campaign could break national spending records if a conservative …

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