The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that a state law of 1849, which banned almost all abortions, could not be imposed today, rejecting claims that it came into force after the landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court three years ago.
Today’s decision means that the 2015 law is valid It allows abortions in Wisconsin until the 20th week of pregnancy.
With 4 votes in favor of 3 against, the Supreme Court of this state agreed with the Attorney General Josh Cole that, although the 19th -century law was never officially revoked, other laws and regulations were substantially annulled.
In 2022, after the US Supreme Court overthrew the ROE V.. Wade, which recognized the right to abortion nationwide, Cole sued a Republican regional prosecutor who claimed that the law of 1849 came into force in Wisconsin.
In the High Court of Wisconsin, the Liberal Judges have a majority. This majority was maintained after the winning candidate, Susan Crowford, campaigning in the April elections, promoting her support for abortion. This local electoral process has evolved into the most expensive elections for a judge in the US history and was widely regarded as a first referendum on President Donald Trump’s policy. Billionaire Ilon Musk, a former Trump adviser and close associate with whom he has now openly disagreed with, spent more than $ 20 million in an attempt to elect Crowford’s conservative opponent.
The law of 1849 banned the “murder of embryo” unless it was to save the mother’s life. Violators were in danger of being sentenced to 15 years in prison. It became not applicable in 1973, with the ROE v. Wade. In 2022, however, the US Supreme Court overthrew the ROE V.. Wade, with the conservative majority considering that each state should judge on its own whether or not it will allow abortions and in what cases.
Today, 13 states have imposed almost a universal ban while another 28 allow abortion up to a certain time of pregnancy, according to the Guttmacher Institute. The clinics that were aborted in Wisconsin interrupted their operation in 2022, worrying that they would be persecuted by the law of 1849. They resumed in 2023, after a state judge justified Cole and judged the 19th -century law inappropriate. The Supreme Court today ratified this ruling.
Source :Skai
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