The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state’s 1849 abortion ban in a decision released Wednesday.

It's expected to end up at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but the challenge to Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban begins Thursday. For now, it's in circuit court.

University of Wisconsin-Madison political science and law professor Howard Schweber said if Kaul's lawsuit is successful, the 20-week abortion law would go back into effect along with the waiting ...

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, a 1849 law came back into effect in Wisconsin criminalizing abortion. Two OB-GYNs and a certified midwife reflect on how its impacted how they practice medicine.

Despite the regaining of abortion access, Wisconsin “remained one of the top states for (Illinois) patient volume,” the ...

MADISON, Wis. (CN) — Wisconsin’s attorney general, supported by the governor, went to court on Tuesday to challenge the enforceability of a near-total ban on abortions passed by state lawmakers in the ...

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul speaks at a campaign stop, Oct. 27, 2022, in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Monday regarding the enforceability of an ...

Delegates at the Wisconsin Republican Convention approved a resolution calling on the state to enforce the state's 1849 abortion law. Granted, it was just a symbolic vote May 17 with no legal ...

In Wisconsin, women’s health ... It's been more than a year since an 1849 law came back into force to criminalize abortion in Wisconsin. ... There are an untold number of other online groups.

Wisconsin lawmakers passed the state's first prohibition on abortion in 1849. That law stated that anyone who killed a fetus unless the act was to save the mother's life was guilty of manslaughter.

Dr. Bob Freedland, an ophthalmologist in La Crosse, agreed. "Let's bring attention to the Wisconsin legislature, let them know what's going on, and if they choose to gavel in and gavel out, let them ...

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.