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Ben Wikler: “Brad Schimmel...said repeatedly that [the 1849 abortion law]…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 06:13

Because Brad Shimmel, he likes that law. He, we just had a debate. He said Brad Schimmel...said repeatedly that [the 1849 abortion law] is a valid law. that it was passed by the state legislature, was signed by the governor. There's a lot of, I mean, there have been other laws since then that normally you'd say those laws supersede the older one. (06:13–06:23)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel supports the enforcement of an 1849 abortion law in Wisconsin.

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