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Evers Celebrates SCOWIS Abortion Ruling
Wisconsin’s governor is doing a victory lap after the liberal-majority Supreme Court struck down the state's 1849 abortion law.
“We won! In a lawsuit we brought more than three years ago now, the Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled to protect reproductive freedom in our state and preserve Wisconsinites' access to abortion care,” Evers said on X Wednesday.
The court ruled, 4-3, that Wisconsin lawmakers essentially nullified the 1849 law’s near-total ban on abortion in 2015 when they approved a 20 week ban on abortions in the state.
Evers didn’t mention that law, or whether he wants to see the 20 week ban changed, during his comments on Wednesday.
“Thanks to our lawsuit, today’s decision affirms that access to reproductive healthcare will continue to be available, helping ensure Wisconsin women today are not forced to face firsthand what it’s like to live in a state that bans nearly all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest,’ Evers added in a statement.
Former Gov. Scott Walker said that 2015 law, which he signed, is now the only thing stopping unfettered access to abortion in Wisconsin.
“Thankfully we will have the law I signed in 2015 that protects an unborn child near the midpoint of a pregnancy. Had I not signed that law, there would be no real legal protections for the unborn in Wisconsin after this decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” Walker said in a post on X.
The court’s ruling was not unexpected, abortion was a huge issue in both Justice Janet Protasiewicz and Justice Susan Crawford's elections.
Abortion is expected to be an even bigger issue in next year’s races for the state legislature.
Since the end of Roe vs Wade the issue of abortion has been in the hands of the states. Democrats are expected to make the fear of losing abortion rights an issue as they look to retake the state legislature in 2026.
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