The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
State lawmakers adopted the ban in 1849, making it a felony when anyone other than the mother “intentionally destroys the life of an unborn child.”
It was in effect until 1973, when the US Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide nullified it. Legislators never officially repealed the ban, however, and conservatives argued that the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe reactivated it.
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Politically this is very obvious.
If we teleport to the deep south into a Bible church with our 1984 thought scanner, what percentage of parishioners would be revealed to “pro-“”life””” vs. “fuck yeah, cruelty!”
It’s non-zero, the “but jebus said!!!” crowd? (Course maybe the preacher and dozens of others are totally “hahahaha FUCK women”, just not gonna claim it’s all rational[ly evil] people b/c you’ll have grannies who probably tear up at thought of kiLliNg bAbiEs)