Oral arguments scheduled in Wisconsin abortion case
Oral arguments over whether to dismiss Democrats’ lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s near-complete abortion ban are set for May 4, more than 10 months after Attorney General Josh Kaul first filed the case.
While the Dane County Circuit Court judge presiding over the lawsuit can rule from the bench that day, it’s possible that her decision on whether to allow the case to continue won’t come out until the summer, dragging the case out to the year mark.
Democrats filed the lawsuit days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, activating an abortion ban first passed in 1849, though it has been amended several times since then.
The future of this case and other abortion-related issues will likely be decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which currently has a 4-3 conservative majority but could flip after Tuesday’s election between liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Dan Kelly.
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