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Home » Press Releases » Rep. Johnson: Applauds Supreme Court victory for reproductive freedom
MADISON, WI — In a landmark decision today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s archaic 1849 abortion ban, a law written before women had the right to vote, which criminalized nearly all abortions. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion extremists tried to resurrect the ban, stripping Wisconsinites of critical healthcare options and putt...