MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — The State Supreme Court is expected to release a ruling today on Wisconsin’s more than century old abortion law.
The case, which will decide if and how Wisconsinites will have access to abortion care, is the last of the major cases from last session for which the court did not issue a ruling. At issue is whether or not more recent rulings on how Wisconsin was regulating abortions would supersede an 1849 law against infanticide.
Legislative Republicans say that law was never taken off the books, despite Roe v. Wade rendering it invalid.
Democrats, including Attorney General Josh Kaul argue newer laws which allowed abortions, but regulated how they could take place, are what should be in effect.
