From Breitbart: July 2 (UPI) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a ruling that invalidated an 1849 state law banning nearly all abortions and said Wisconsin women will continue to have access to critical abortion-related health services.
The 4-3 ruling by the Democratic-controlled state supreme court upheld a December 2023 decision by Dane County Judge Diane Schlipper in Kaul v. Urmanski that says Wisconsin’s strict abortion law did not apply to voluntary abortions, but did to feticide.
Justice Rebecca Dallet argued in the court’s majority opinion that the state effectively repealed its own 176-year-old law when lawmakers passed additional laws that regulated abortion access in Wisconsin, which was backed up in the lawsuit by state Attorney General Josh Kaul.
Dallet said the case was about “giving effect to 50 years’ worth of laws passed by the legislature about virtually every aspect of abortion, including where, when, and how healthcare providers may lawfully perform abortions.”
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, cheered the ruling, writing, “BREAKING: We won! In a lawsuit we brought more than three years ago now, the Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled to protect reproductive freedom in our state and preserve Wisconsinites’ access to abortion care.”
BREAKING: We won! In a lawsuit we brought more than three years ago now, the Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled to protect reproductive freedom in our state and preserve Wisconsinites’ access to abortion care.⁰⁰My statement below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uk7LWu0UPr
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) July 2, 2025
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) also celebrated the ruling.
Three years ago, the activist U.S. Supreme Court sent Wisconsin women back to 1849.
Today, that changes.
My statement on the Wisconsin Supreme Court 1849 abortion ban ruling: pic.twitter.com/dgavDOZNe3
— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) July 2, 2025
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