{"id":2587561,"date":"2026-04-06T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-lackey-seeks-seat-on-wisconsin-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:36:34","slug":"planned-parenthood-lackey-seeks-seat-on-wisconsin-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-lackey-seeks-seat-on-wisconsin-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood Lackey Seeks Seat On WI Supreme Court"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fplanned-parenthood-lackey-seeks-seat-on-wisconsin-supreme-court%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=2587561&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 Federalist article profiles Wisconsin Supreme court candidate Chris Taylor, portraying her as a liberal activist who campaigns as an advocate for judicial independence but is deeply connected to left-leaning causes and big-money support. It contrasts her with Maria Lazar, a conservative judge, to depict a stark ideological contest for the seven-member court.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Candidate contrast: Taylor is portrayed as a Madison-area liberal with a long record in the state Assembly and on the District IV Court of Appeals, while Lazar is depicted as a Wisconsin-born conservative with a track record defending Republican-era reforms like Act 10.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Campaign finance and donors: The piece emphasizes that Taylor\u2019s fundraising far outstrips Lazar\u2019s, driven by major liberal donors and organizations. It notes large contributions from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, a left-leaning PAC, and planned Parenthood, along with wealthy individual donors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; policy stances and \u201cvalues\u201d: Taylor\u2019s positions are described as aligned with abortion rights, gun control, and labor unions, while Lazar is portrayed as more conservative on issues like abortion restrictions and civic identity. The article highlights Taylor\u2019s support for expansive LGBTQ and transgender policies and her opposition to voter-ID measures, framing these as part of a broader liberal agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Legislative record and proposals: Taylor is saeid to have supported or proposed measures related to transgender rights, sanctuary-style immigration policies, in-state tuition for undocumented students, and other liberal reforms. The piece contrasts this with Lazar\u2019s defence of conservative policies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; National and local context: The piece connects the Wisconsin race to broader national spending patterns in judicial elections, noting that previous campaigns had seen record levels of outside money and liberal influence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; debate and trust concerns: It cites moments from public debates and social media where Taylor\u2019s opponents questioned her political affiliations and credibility, including accusations that she misrepresented her party alignment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Implication of the outcome: The article argues that Taylor\u2019s victory would yield a 5-2 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, effectively allowing a liberal bloc to push a more expansive, government-heavy agenda.It frames the race as crucial for conservatives to vote to counter liberal control of the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Author and framing: The piece ends with a short author bio, presenting Matt Kittle as a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist and a veteran reporter.<\/p>\n<p>the article casts Chris Taylor as a well-funded, unapologetically liberal candidate whose election could tilt the Wisconsin Supreme Court toward progressive policies, urging conservative voters to act to prevent a liberal majority.  <\/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<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Chris_Taylor_(Wisconsin)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Taylor<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrisforjustice.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaigned<\/a> for the Wisconsin Supreme Court as a &ldquo;strong advocate for maintaining the independence of the judiciary.&rdquo; But the judge&rsquo;s long career in the Madison leftist bubble more than suggests that the former lawmaker known as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/wisconsin-supreme-court-judge-chris-taylor-announces-2026-campaign\/64824168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of the most liberal members&rdquo;<\/a> of the Wisconsin State Assembly would bring her brand of extreme activism to the state&rsquo;s highest court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Swing state Wisconsin voters head to the polls on Tuesday for the second time in a year to elect a justice to the seven-member court. The candidates, Taylor &mdash; a judge on the Madison-based District IV Court of Appeals &mdash; and <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Maria_S._Lazar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Lazar<\/a> &mdash; a judge on the state&rsquo;s Third District Court of Appeals in Waukesha &mdash; couldn&rsquo;t be more diametrically opposed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor served as public policy\/political director for abortion factory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/courts\/appeals\/judges\/taylor.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> for nearly a decade before being elected to the legislature, where she was an <a href=\"https:\/\/fox11online.com\/news\/state\/judge-who-previously-fought-for-abortion-rights-wants-to-join-wisconsin-supreme-court-chris-taylor-2026-rebecca-bradley-planned-parenthood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;outspoken supporter<\/a> of abortion rights, gun control and unions.&rdquo; Constitutional conservative Lazar, unlike her opponent (Taylor grew up in southern California), was born and raised in Wisconsin. She served as assistant attorney general and successfully defended the implementation of Republican Gov. Scott Walker&rsquo;s signature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maciverinstitute.com\/news\/latest-act-10-lawsuit-focuses-on-first-amendment,-%E2%80%9Ccompelled-speech%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Act 10<\/a>, which has checked the outsized power of Wisconsin&rsquo;s public labor unions and has saved taxpayers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2025\/maciver-institute-act-10-has-saved-taxpayers-nearly-36-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">north of $35 billion<\/a> over 15 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Big, Fat Liberal Money<\/h2>\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s election comes a little more than a year after last year&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/02\/leftist-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-keeping-power-in-liberals-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nationally-watched Supreme Court race<\/a>. Liberals held serve in that election, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2025\/wispolitics-tally-supreme-court-race-spending-hit-115-million-doubling-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most expensive<\/a> judicial race in U.S. history, maintaining a 4-3 majority thanks to tens of millions of dollars in big outside money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 court race was ridiculously painted as an early gauge of Trump 2.0 by a national press that, per usual, spent months cheerleading for another leftist candidate. The victor, Susan Crawford, another far-left Madison judge who had occupied a seat on the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/courts\/supreme\/justices\/crawford.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liberal circuit court<\/a> that Taylor called home, was promoted by some of the biggest Democratic Party sugar daddies in the land as the key to a mid-decade rewrite of Wisconsin&rsquo;s congressional maps. Crawford&rsquo;s win, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/14\/right-on-cue-wi-dems-sue-for-more-favorable-congressional-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they said,<\/a> would give Democrats a shot at picking up two House seats this midterm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While election spending in the Lazar-Taylor race is a pittance of the reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2025\/wispolitics-tally-supreme-court-race-spending-hit-115-million-doubling-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$115 million spent<\/a> in the 2025 race, the Madison leftist judge&rsquo;s campaign has raked in six times as much cash as Lazar&nbsp; &mdash; $5,597,188 to $904,538, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdc.org\/news\/press-releases\/150-press-release-2026\/7987-scowi-race-2026-one-side-dominates-fundraising-and-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> the liberal Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Taylor has blown through most or her funds, the most recent finance reports show, with much of the money going to ads hammering the airwaves with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l4B3x_vN3zU\">Planned Parenthood credentials<\/a> and attacking Lazar early and often.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor likes to paint herself as a fighter for the downtrodden, but some very wealthy liberals have funded her campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor&rsquo;s top donor to date is the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, an old leftist friend that has pumped in lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdc.org\/follow-the-money\/109-campaign-finance-profiles-2011\/2011-candidate-profiles\/4594-2011-special-election-finance-profile-chris-taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">money<\/a> into her political campaigns over the years. DPW, as of the most recent campaign finance reports, had dumped some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdc.org\/news\/press-releases\/150-press-release-2026\/7987-scowi-race-2026-one-side-dominates-fundraising-and-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$734,000<\/a> into Taylor&rsquo;s bid for the &ldquo;nonpartisan&rdquo; Supreme Court seat. Leftist political action committee A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund had dropped nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdc.org\/news\/press-releases\/150-press-release-2026\/7987-scowi-race-2026-one-side-dominates-fundraising-and-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$350,000<\/a> on Taylor&rsquo;s bid. Her pals at Planned Parenthood had kicked in more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdc.org\/news\/press-releases\/150-press-release-2026\/7987-scowi-race-2026-one-side-dominates-fundraising-and-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$100,000<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor&rsquo;s individual donations include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdc.org\/news\/press-releases\/150-press-release-2026\/7987-scowi-race-2026-one-side-dominates-fundraising-and-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">maximum $20,000 offerings<\/a> from the heiress to the Park Communications and Duncan Hines fortunes, an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, the daughter of an oil billionaire, and the billionaire heiress to the Stryker Corp., <a href=\"https:\/\/thebadgerproject.org\/2026\/04\/01\/final-report-top-donors-to-wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate-chris-taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> the Badger Project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They can all count on Taylor to do their liberal bidding &mdash; if she is elected to Wisconsin&rsquo;s high court. One of her campaign ads asserts that &ldquo;Our courts are our last line of defense.&rdquo; She means of course the far-left voters in Madison and Milwaukee that have shown up in significant numbers over the past several election Supreme Court elections while Republican voters and money have stayed home in the lower-turnout spring contests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the race will not change the left&rsquo;s control of the court, Taylor&rsquo;s victory would give liberals a 5-2 majority and make it an absolute rubber stamp for big government, far-left policies. One need only look at where Taylor&rsquo;s been to know where she would be going.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Taylor&rsquo;s &lsquo;Values&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>After nine long years in the state Assembly, the strident and shrill Democrat was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/politics\/evers-appoints-state-rep-chris-taylor-circuit-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appointed<\/a> to the Dane County Circuit Court by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. She replaced fellow Madison leftist Jill Karofsky, who won a seat on and now serves as Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor likes to talk about her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/chris-taylor-wisconsin-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;values,&rdquo;<\/a> which align closely with the state&rsquo;s far-left doofus governor. In the past few days, Evers has vetoed a <a href=\"https:\/\/heartlandpost.com\/gov-evers-vetoes-bill-to-deport-felon-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> that would have required local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration law enforcers to remove violent illegal immigrants, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/evers-vetoes-trans-healthcare-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislation<\/a> that would have stopped harmful sex change operations and procedures on children and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/evers-vetoes-trans-healthcare-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kept men out of women&rsquo;s sports<\/a>, and a measure that would have ended the governor&rsquo;s constitutionally suspect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/03\/gov-tony-evers-blocks-effort-to-undo-400-year-veto-on-school-funds\/89456960007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z116659p119750l003350c119750e1169xxv116659d--45--b--45--&amp;gca-ft=231&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">400-year property tax hikes<\/a> for public education. The latter was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2025\/supreme-court-upholds-evers-400-year-education-veto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upheld<\/a> by the liberal-led Supreme Court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d love to write &lsquo;Hell no,&rsquo;&rdquo; the LGBTQ tool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/evers-vetoes-trans-healthcare-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at a private event surrounded by LGBTQ activists. &ldquo;The actual thing I have to say is, &lsquo;Not approved.&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Taylor is a radical politician from Madison. We need to uphold the constitution to ensure that only citizens vote and show an official photo ID to cast a ballot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ondqfwu0Qb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ondqfwu0Qb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottWalker\/status\/2033292816831361515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During her legislative tenure, Taylor pushed a trans-activist <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2019\/related\/proposals\/ab381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> that would have required tampon and sanitary napkin dispensers in all state-owned restrooms, including in public schools and men&rsquo;s bathrooms. The bill would have extended the woke policy at Wisconsin&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >private school choice buildings<\/a> as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor authored another <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2019\/related\/proposals\/ab312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> that would have created a state task force to study legislation that would establish a task force to study &ldquo;The Legal And Societal Barriers To Equality For Transgender, Intersex, Nonbinary, And Gender Nonconforming Individuals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another Taylor proposal would have forced Wisconsin to adopt &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/03\/gov-tony-evers-blocks-effort-to-undo-400-year-veto-on-school-funds\/89456960007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z116659p119750l003350c119750e1169xxv116659d--45--b--45--&amp;gca-ft=231&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gender Neutral Parentage Terminology.<\/a>&rdquo; Those bills died, too, but five years later Evers proposed as part of his budget plan that portions of state law refer to mothers as &ldquo;inseminated persons&rdquo; or &ldquo;parent who gave birth to the child.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Sanctuary&rsquo; Crusader<\/h2>\n<p>As a Madison state representative, Taylor joined a cadre of radical lawmakers in 2019 pushing bills banning Immigration &amp; Customs Enforcement facilities in Wisconsin. The bills would have effectively made Wisconsin a &ldquo;sanctuary state&rdquo; for those who are &ldquo;undocumented,&rdquo; Urban Milwaukee <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmilwaukee.com\/2019\/08\/07\/will-wisconsin-become-a-sanctuary-state\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor sought to include &ldquo;immigration as a protected status&rdquo; in fair housing laws and to make illegal aliens eligible for in-state tuition at Wisconsin taxpayer-funded universities, the liberal Wisconsin Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinexaminer.com\/2019\/08\/09\/we-will-not-allow-ice-to-take-our-friends-and-neighbors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported.<\/a> And she wanted to &ldquo;restore driver&rsquo;s licenses to non-citizens.&rdquo; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinexaminer.com\/2019\/08\/09\/we-will-not-allow-ice-to-take-our-friends-and-neighbors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> the proposed taxpayer giveaways and the resistance movement against federal immigration law a <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinexaminer.com\/2019\/08\/09\/we-will-not-allow-ice-to-take-our-friends-and-neighbors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moral, ethical and economic issue.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I expect every single one of you to be ready, and not to allow ICE to come into our community and take our friends and neighbors,&rdquo; then-Madison Ald. Shiva Bidar, standing with Taylor, <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinexaminer.com\/2019\/08\/09\/we-will-not-allow-ice-to-take-our-friends-and-neighbors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prodded<\/a> a crowd of about 200 gathered on the Capitol steps at the press conference announcing the far-left bills (The proposals failed to move in the Republican-controlled legislature). In other words, break the law to normalize law-breaking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Radical Left Wing Agenda&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Taylor has throughout the campaign touted her bonafides as an advocate of the abortion industrial complex. The liberal majority delivered for Planned Parenthood by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/wisconsins-176-year-old-abortion-ban-struck-down-by-state-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nuking<\/a> Wisconsin&rsquo;s abortion ban following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While there&rsquo;s no doubt polls show a majority of voters have become more protective of the court-ordered right to murder the unborn, Taylor&rsquo;s extreme positions may not sit well with a substantial portion of voters who don&rsquo;t support abortion on demand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>When asked about whether voters could trust her to police herself when it comes to recusals, Chris Taylor didn&#8217;t say yes&hellip; instead, she leaned on a judicial commission.<\/p>\n<p>Translation: No, voters can&#8217;t trust Taylor to police herself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P3xHoktTsZ\">pic.twitter.com\/P3xHoktTsZ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Wisconsin GOP (@WisGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WisGOP\/status\/2040159136864690398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When she was in the legislature, Taylor vehemently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/approved-walker-has-said-he-would-sign-bill-that-would-punish-doctors-who-perform-abortions-after-20-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposed<\/a> a bill capping abortions at 20 weeks. She claimed the bill would limit a woman&rsquo;s right to make private &ldquo;reproductive health care&rdquo; choices. The law remains on the books despite the state Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling striking down the wider abortion limitations. Taylor voted against bans on abortions based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2013\/related\/votes\/assembly\/av0119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sex <\/a>of the unborn and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2019\/related\/votes\/assembly\/av0022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disability selective abortions<\/a>. And she would not support a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2017\/related\/votes\/assembly\/av0166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> that would require doctors to save a baby born alive following an abortion procedure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MYA6IDPIyU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debate<\/a> (the only one this campaign season), Lazar said Taylor&rsquo;s abortion-on-demand stance is out of step with most Wisconsin voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chris Taylor&rsquo;s values are abortion up to birth, boys in girls sports, removing voter ID, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-plan-to-reveal-jan-6-committee-findings-with-pomp-and-circumstance\/\" title=\"Democrats Plan To Reveal Jan 6. Committee Findings With Pomp And Circumstance\">radical left wing agenda<\/a> she couldn&rsquo;t get passed in the legislature, so now she&rsquo;s running to legislate from the bench of our WI Supreme Court,&rdquo; the conservative candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JudgeMariaLazar\/posts\/chris-taylors-values-are-abortion-up-to-birth-boys-in-girls-sports-removing-vote\/937046485495724\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> in a Facebook post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Wisconsin Values&rsquo;?<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;I am running on values that are American values, that are Wisconsin values,&rdquo; Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CitizenActionWI\/posts\/i-am-running-on-values-that-are-american-values-that-are-wisconsin-values-i-am-p\/1366919472142440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserts<\/a> in a leftist organization&rsquo;s social media post. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is she?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_6cb3dafe-3c20-4a71-bdae-1c5a2faeb8df.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polls<\/a> have found American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/119\/meeting\/house\/118932\/documents\/HMKP-119-JU00-20260203-SD009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resoundingly reject<\/a> men in women&rsquo;s sports. In the legislature, Taylor was opposed to Wisconsin&rsquo;s voter ID law, an election-integrity protection supported by the vast majority of voters. A national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/03\/PP_3.12.2026_abortion_topline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> earlier this year by Pew Research Center found 23 percent of respondents believe abortion should be &ldquo;legal in all cases,&rdquo; its lowest level since the Supreme Court ruling that ended <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Taylor has been running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, she&rsquo;s been running away from her far-left record. In one blatant lie during the debate, she claimed she did not fight against the state&rsquo;s voter ID law. She <a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/news\/elections\/fact-check-did-chris-taylor-file-as-democrat-on-fcc-paperwork\/article_6959c8be-e6f1-4db1-9e95-60e17fa628bf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> she is not a Democrat, despite the fact she was <a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/news\/elections\/fact-check-did-chris-taylor-file-as-democrat-on-fcc-paperwork\/article_6959c8be-e6f1-4db1-9e95-60e17fa628bf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">listed<\/a> as a party member on ad contracts at points during the &ldquo;nonpartisan&rdquo; judicial race. Her campaign said those instances were mistakes. But she ran and served as a Democrat in the state Assembly, and has a leftist resume that would make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/04\/squad-at-a-crossroads-00139318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Squad <\/a>proud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never have said I&rsquo;m an activist, that I&rsquo;m an advocate on the bench,&rdquo; Taylor insisted during the debate. She hasn&rsquo;t had to say it. It&rsquo;s all a matter of public record.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>At 8:53pm, during the WI Supreme Court debate, radical politician Chris Taylor claimed she is not a Democrat. We need justices who tell the truth.   <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isthmus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@isthmus<\/a> story on March 5, 2026 said something different: &ldquo;Asked by a reporter at a recent event for a &ldquo;yes&rdquo; or &ldquo;no&rdquo; answer&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottWalker\/status\/2039909843981545774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Democratic Party and the other big political donors to Taylor will buy another radical leftist vote on the court unless conservatives do what they haven&rsquo;t done over the past several election cycles: Cast enough ballots to stop the liberal takeover of Wisconsin&rsquo;s highest court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. 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