… this flurry of court cases to try to determine whether and to what extent women's rights to make healthcare decisions while they are pregnant are protected under our laws. And In Wisconsin, one of the current cases in front of the Wisconsin supreme court involves an 1849 law that many interpret as a criminal ban on just about all abortions in Wisconsin. And my belief is that for a state supreme court looking at an issue like that, there needs to be very close scrutiny of governmental decisions that intrude into some of these very private and personal matters. (02:21–02:34)
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Asserts that a current Wisconsin Supreme Court case involves an 1849 law interpreted as a near-total abortion ban.
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