{"id":2367267,"date":"2024-11-11T12:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-on-1849-abortion-ban-validity-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T12:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:42:02","slug":"wisconsin-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-on-1849-abortion-ban-validity-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-on-1849-abortion-ban-validity-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Supreme Court hears oral arguments on 1849 abortion ban validity &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-on-1849-abortion-ban-validity-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2367267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-too-extreme-to-be-on-ballot-in-virginia-top-leader\/\" title=\"Top leader deems Trump &#039;too extreme&#039; for Virginia ballot\">hear oral \u2064arguments<\/a> regarding the validity\u2062 of the state&#8217;s 1849 abortion ban, a law established before the Civil War. This hearing is particularly notable given the \u200ccourt&#8217;s liberal majority, which is expected to influence the\u200b ruling. The three Republican justices in \u2062the minority have accused their liberal counterparts of politicizing the issue. Public sentiment in Wisconsin leans towards \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-democrats-sound-the-alarm-over-dysfunctional-campaign-arm-this-is-a-real-fcking-problem\/\" title=\"Vulnerable Democrats Sound the Alarm over Dysfunctional Campaign Arm: &#039;This Is a Real F*cking Problem&#039;\">supporting abortion rights<\/a>, with\u2062 58% of residents believing that the procedure should be legal in\u2063 most cases. The \u2063ruling could have significant implications for \u2063abortion rights \u2064in the state, as the century-old law criminalizes the \u2062termination of \u2062a pregnancy, allowing for exceptions only to save the mother&#8217;s life.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin Supreme Court hears oral arguments on 1849 abortion ban validity<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Wisconsin<\/a> Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether the state&rsquo;s pre-Civil War <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">abortion<\/a> ban will remain in place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Democrats and abortion rights supporters, including Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI), far right, gather for a rally outside the Wisconsin state Capitol after the Republican-controlled legislature refused to act on a measure to create a pathway for voters to decide on whether to keep the state&rsquo;s 1849 abortion ban, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin. (AP Photo\/Scott Bauer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The state&rsquo;s Supreme Court is controlled by majority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liberal\/\">liberal<\/a> justices, one of whom said she supported abortion rights on the campaign trail. The ruling is expected to take weeks, making the oral hearing a formality in the legal process.<\/p>\n<p>The court&rsquo;s three Republican justices stand as the minority, making the hearing appear to be an easy decision for the liberal majority. The minority has accused the liberal justices of playing politics with abortion, but the court&rsquo;s decision could be a defining moment for abortion rights, as 58% of Wisconsinites said the procedure <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/milwaukee\/news\/2022\/06\/24\/how-wisconsinites-feel-about-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">should be legal<\/a> in all or most cases.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin&rsquo;s abortion ban was first passed in 1849, making anyone who killed a fetus, except to save the mother&rsquo;s life, guilty of manslaughter. The law was added to ten years later, outlawing a woman from causing her own miscarriage. The law&rsquo;s language was altered in the 1950s, stating that killing an unborn child or killing the mother with the intent to kill the unborn child was a felony. The revision also allowed for a doctor, if in consultation with two other doctors, to perform an abortion to save the woman&rsquo;s life.<\/p>\n<p>The law was nullified after <em>Roe v. Wade <\/em>was decided in 1973 since <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">federal mandate overrules state law<\/a>. Following the repeal of Roe in 2022, the law went back into effect. Wisconsin lawmakers enforced the ban almost immediately after the repeal but were also met with some pushback.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin&rsquo;s Democrat Attorney General, Josh Kaul, filed a lawsuit against the law&rsquo;s enforcement in 2022, saying the state&rsquo;s 1985 law allows abortions before the gestational period of 21 weeks and supersedes the 1849 ban. However, Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, a Republican, believes the ban and the 1985 law can coexist because the latter law never legalized any form of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood stopped performing procedures after <em>Roe<\/em> was overturned but resumed business again when Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper ruled in 2023 that the 1849 ban outlaws infanticide, defined as killing a fetus without the mother&rsquo;s consent, rather than constitutional abortion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood filed a separate lawsuit in February requesting the state&rsquo;s Supreme Court to give a ruling on the legality of constitutional abortion in Wisconsin. The court set a date for July, but no oral arguments have been scheduled yet.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Urmanski also asked Wisconsin&rsquo;s Supreme Court to overturn Schlipper&rsquo;s ruling without first getting the lower court&rsquo;s approval. The court agreed to take the case in July as well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Supreme Court reviews 1849 abortion ban validity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3427,"featured_media":2367269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP22277714362750.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39078,32275,4124],"class_list":["post-2367267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion-ban","tag-supreme-court","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP22277714362750.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367267"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367271,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367267\/revisions\/2367271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}