A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban.
By Todd Richmond, Associated PressDemonstrators protest outside the Wisconsin Capitol, May 3, 2022, in Madison, Wis.
Monday’s two-hour session amounted to little more than political theater. Liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet told Urmanski’s attorney, Matthew Thome, that the ban was passed in 1849 by white men who held all the power and that he was ignoring everything that has happened since. Jill Karofsky, another liberal justice, pointed out that the ban provides no exceptions for rape or incest and that reactivation could result in doctors withholding medical care.
Urmanski asked the state Supreme Court in February to overturn Schlipper’s ruling without waiting for a lower appellate decision.
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