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Maria S. Lazar: “Abortion is not on the ballot.”

Featuring: Maria S. Lazar, Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates, Judges Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor, face off

Published April 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 09:43

So when I tell you that I'm respecting the 20 week compromise and the rules have been set in Wisconsin, they are set. Abortion is not on the ballot. My opponent, to the contrary, believes it is. We will get to abortion in a minute. First, we're going to talk about the current state of the court. Yeah. (09:43–09:46)

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Asserts that abortion is not an issue being voted on in the current election.

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“My opponent has almost three quarters of a million dollars from the Democratic Party.”
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“I am running to stop the erosion of faith in our state Supreme Court.”
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“I am the only candidate in this race who can [restore independence].”
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“I am going to be a justice on this court who is looking to put only the law and interpret the law as it's written.”
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“I have never said I'm running as a conservative candidate. I've said it's independent and that's what I am.”
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“The state supreme court has ruled on abortion. It is final. It's a 20 week compromise.”
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“The map in Wisconsin has straight lines and it follows communities of interest. And it followed the Constitution.”
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“The only thing that a federal court did in that map was move one line from sideways to the other way.”
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“We follow the rules here [in Wisconsin].”
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“I think it's important that we tell people in the state of Wisconsin that our elections are safe, they're secure, and that their votes…”
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“We have to uphold the voter ID law that the citizens of this state passed overwhelmingly.”
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“My opponent was in the legislature, she did her best to dismantle those protections for our safe and fair elections.”
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“Our election was valid, that Joe Biden did win and that that's the state of the law in our country.”
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“My opponent still is not telling you whether she'd recuse from those mega donors who are donating to her campaign.”
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“There is a recusal petition filed by several retired judges in front of the state Supreme Court.”
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“I have spent the last 12 years as a judge showing that I have that integrity and that independence.”
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“I will honor that 20 week compromise. I think that it falls within the parameters of where people in the state believe it should be.”
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“My opponent when she was in the legislature said that she thought that it shouldn't be 20 weeks or any type of restriction whatsoever, but…”
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“I did not say I was likely to vote. I did not respond ever in that regard.”
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“I said it was good that it brought that national ban and put it back into each individual state.”
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“In Wisconsin, it is now 20 weeks.”
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“I have always said that the health and life of the mother is the most important thing.”
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“If the people of my state of Wisconsin go through their legislators and decide that they want to change [the abortion law], not 20 weeks…”
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“I do recuse when my partner is on my law firm that I haven't been asked for. I would say maybe 25 plus years would come in front of me. I do…”
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“I never worked for Scott Walker. I guess you got to get that straight, too. I worked for the Department of Justice. I represented Scott…”
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“I didn't defend Act 10 as an assistant attorney General. All I did was defend the case where the question was, was the law properly enacted?”
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“If the case has to do with whether it was properly enacted, yes. If it has to do with the merits, there's no basis for me to do so…”
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“Values do not belong with a judge on the court. Values are not what's supposed to be there.”
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“Judges are under significant threat. And I've actually spoken on that behalf in front of our state legislature to try to get the judicial…”
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“Marcy's law has been astonishingly effective and important and a necessary thing that we give to our victims.”
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“I'm running not as a conservative. I've never been a member of a party, so I'm not a Republican and I'm running as an independent.”
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“My opponent filled out the FCC paperwork indicating that she still is a Democrat. To the I filled it out saying that I am independent.”
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“I decide the case solely based on the law and the facts.”
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