A Better Wisconsin Together: 1849 Law at center of Wisconsin Supreme Court case was signed 176 Years ago today. Brad Schimel supports enforcing it as an abortion ban.

MADISON, Wis. — Today marks 176 years since the archaic 1849 statute that Brad Schimel supports using to ban abortion was signed into Wisconsin law. 
Schimel has publicly endorsed using the statute, which was written before women even had the right to vote, to ban abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother. The law could also c...

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