Sen. Ratcliff: Applauds the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision to overturn the 1849 abortion ban

MADISON, WI – State Senator Melissa Ratcliff (D-Cottage Grove) released the following statement in support of the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision to officially overturn the 1849 abortion ban—a law rooted in a pre-Civil War era that had stripped generations of Wisconsin women of their reproductive freedom: “Today marks a victory for women, for health care, and for basic human rights. The court’s d...