The liberal majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, backing a lower court’s decision to overturn the 19th-century law. The 4-3 ruling ends ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban in a 4-3 ruling ... year battle over abortion in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

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

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes ...

A narrow majority of justices found that by regulating abortion, legislators had "impliedly repealed" the state's near-total ban on the procedure. Dissenters called the ruling pure policymaking.

Wisconsin's Supreme Court struck down the 1849 abortion ban this month, but a 2015 law banning abortions after 20 weeks ...

Even after the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to decriminalize abortion in the state, changes to Medicaid means many ...

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the U.S. could put back into effect a state law passed in 1849 that bans Wisconsin doctors from performing ...

Arguments begin next week over whether Wisconsin's near total abortion ban passed in 1849. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will likely settle the case.

Wisconsin's 1-year-old legislature banned abortion in 1849, making it a felony to provide abortion care unless the life of the mother is in danger. Last year, this ban took effect again. Tammy Baldwin ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically retaken effect after the U.S.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically retaken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights. In a 4-3 decision that ...