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Home » Press Releases » WisDems: First Vice-Chair Sarah Godlewski on State Supreme Court invalidating 1849 abortion ban
The state’s liberal majority on the state supreme court has ruled the pre-Civil War law as invalid MADISON, Wis. — In response to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court ruling, in a 4-3 decision, to invalidate the 1849 Abortion law, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s first Vice-chair Sarah Godlewski released the following statement "Today is a victory for personal freedoms and reproductive h...