The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictions superseded it.

By invalidating a 1849 law protecting unborn life, the state Supreme Court usurped the Legislature’s authority to set policy.

Wisconsin justices ruled 4-3 to overturn a near abortion ban, a reflection of the court's liberal majority and an election that attracted millions in campaign donations.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican prosecutors in Wisconsin said they intended to enforce the old law.

Women in Wisconsin will continue to have access to abortion services under a new ruling from the state's highest court.

Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling blocks a 19th-century law that for a time effectively banned abortion in nearly all instances.

Anti-abortion groups expressed disappointment after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a 1849 state law that had banned nearly all abortions.

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