The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a 1849 statute that banned nearly all abortions is unenforceable. The majority held that the state legislature 'impliedly repealed' the statute ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voided an abortion ban that was established 176 years ago in 1849 and had been inactive for five decades. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to overturn the ban.

Wisconsin Catholic Conference Executive Director Barbara Sella condemned the decision, saying that “the court’s majority has ...

In a 4-3 decision, justices ruled that newer legislation supersedes the Civil War-era ban that made abortion a felony, while Republican leaders criticize the court for overstepping.

The Court’s majority opinion, authored by Justice Rebecca Dallet and joined by Justices Ann Walsh Bradley, Jill Karofsky and ...

State lawmakers adopted the ban in 1849, making it a felony when anyone other than the mother “intentionally destroys the ...

In a 4–3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state’s 19th-century abortion ban, dating back to the ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s abortion ban from 1849 on Wednesday. The court’s liberal-leaning majority ...

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We conclude that comprehensive legislation enacted over the last 50 years regulating in detail the ‘who, what, where, when, and how’ of abortion so thoroughly covers the entire subject of abortion ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 ...

After the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned an 1849 abortion ban, both pro-life and pro-choice advocates say there's still ...