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1 Mary Ziegler, Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules 176-Year-Old Law Does Not Ban Abortion 1 (2025)

handle is hein.brennan/wsnsumecout0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MWisconsin Supreme Court Rules 176-Year-Old Law Does Not Ban Abortion I State Court Report 1STATECOURTREPORTU Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules 176-Year- Old Law Does Not Ban Abortion State Republicans wanted to use the law to criminalize abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court held the federal Constitution does not protect the procedure. By MaryZiegler Published: July 3, 2025 Wisconsin Georgia Texas In a closely watched reproductive rights case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an 1849 state law had been impliedly repealed as to abortion and does not ban the procedure. The case may be just the opening act in the heated conflict over reproductive rights in one of the nation's perennial swing states. The dispute began in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that there was no constitutional right to abortion. In https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-1 76-year-old-law-does-not-ban-abortion 1/7 E 7-7- -_- _ - - - I 7/12/25, 2:41 PM