The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a 1849 statute that banned nearly all abortions is unenforceable. The majority held that the state legislature 'impliedly repealed' the statute ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voided an abortion ban that was established 176 years ago in 1849 and had been inactive for five decades. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to overturn the ban.

Wisconsin Catholic Conference Executive Director Barbara Sella condemned the decision, saying that “the court’s majority has ...

In a 4-3 decision, justices ruled that newer legislation supersedes the Civil War-era ban that made abortion a felony, while Republican leaders criticize the court for overstepping.

For several years, while Wisconsin's abortion law was in flux, providers stopped offering services and at least two of them ...

Wisconsin's Supreme Court upholds abortion rights, nullifying a pre-suffrage era law. County Executive David Crowley applauds ...