Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments on 1849 abortion ban. Monday’s arguments are little more than a formality ahead of a ruling, which is expected to take weeks.

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.

Wisconsin’s highest court heard oral arguments Monday for a case set to shape the future of reproductive rights in the state, hinging on a question: Does a law inked before the Civil War ban ...

Wisconsin's high court to hear oral arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid ... The court agreed in July to take that case as well.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin filed a separate lawsuit in February asking the state Supreme Court to rule directly on whether a constitutional right to abortion exists in the state. The court agreed ...

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.