… state of Wisconsin, which caused a lot of chaos and havoc for women who had pregnancies go wrong and had to be sent out of state to get health care. The state Supreme Court struck down the 1849 [abortion] ban under the theory of an implied repeal of the ban. Since 1849 and 1973, when Roe vs Wade was passed, there's been a whole series of abortion restrictions, a whole suite of abortion restrictions that basically conflicted with that 1849 ban. (09:15–09:26)
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Asserts that the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated the 1849 abortion ban based on implied repeal.
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