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.

Wisconsin’s top court flipped to a liberal majority in August 2023 when voters elected Janet Protasiewicz, a Democrat who had campaigned on defending abortion rights.

Wisconsin's high court to hear oral arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid By Todd Richmond, Associated Press Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 | 7:55 a.m.

Here's what to know. The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that will determine the future of abortion access in the state, grounded in a challenge to an 1849 law.

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 ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is weighing the future of abortion. On Monday, Nov. 11, the state justices heard oral arguments on a case that's been working its way through the courts for two years.

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. Abortion ...

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.

Abortion-rights advocates stand an excellent chance of prevailing, given that liberal justices control the court and one of them remarked on the campaign trail that she supports abortion rights.

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.