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Susan Crawford: “There is an 1849 law in Wisconsin that prohibits abortions…”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

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Newsmaker Sunday 3 16 2025

Published | Video Starts at 13:01

Yes. How. How big of an issue is this abortion issue going to be in this race? Well, it is clearly an issue that an awful lot … There is an 1849 law in Wisconsin that prohibits abortions in just about every case. … is something like 70 years before women exercise the right to vote. That's still on the books. And it prohibits abortions in just about every case. (13:01–13:11)

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Asserts that an 1849 Wisconsin law prohibits abortions in nearly all cases.

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