When Wisconsin voters flipped the ideological balance of the state’s supreme court in 2023, abortion was very much on their minds. Specifically, abortion opponents were arguing that with the demise of Roe v Wade the year before,

Wisconsin's top state court on Wednesday said an 1849 state law banning abortion in virtually all cases cannot be enforced, rejecting claims that it was revived after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling three years ago.

The Wisconsin supreme court has reversed the state's 1849 abortion ban. The court decided that a more recent law takes precedence. This law criminalizes abortions only when the fetus is viable outside the womb.