Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democrats worked Tuesday to keep the spotlight on abortion ahead of next month’s state Supreme Court election, resurrecting a bill that would repeal the state’s 1849 ban on the practice.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks at a news conference at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 21, 2023, to announce reintroduction of a bill that would repeal the state's 1849 abortion ban.
Democrats introduced the bill in June days before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Republicans who control the Legislature refused to take up the bill, and the overturning of Roe put Wisconsin’s abortion ban back in play.Evers and other Democrats have been trying to keep the ban at the forefront of political discussion in the state in the hopes of persuading women to back the party’s candidates.
Republicans released a bill last week that would create rape and incest exceptions to Wisconsin’s ban and clarify that abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed. But the bill wouldn’t restore the same rights that were in place under Roe and Evers has promised he would veto the measure.
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