Voters in Wisconsin will comment on Tuesday to call the most important abortion rights election of the year.
Voters will hold votes in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday. Although the state Supreme Court is technically nonpartisan, the outcome of the contest will determine the ideological balance of its judges, directly affecting the future of abortion rights in the state, as the courts are expected to weigh the laws that prohibit abortion laws in 1849.
“When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wadethere is a lot of discussion about sending abortion to the state legislature. In fact, this is wrong: Ultimately, the problem is that there are 50 states Supreme Courts, each of which has to interpret its state’s constitution.
U.S. Supreme Court strikes Roe v Wade Last June, reproductive rights issues became the central stage of state elections. Last summer, Kansas voters Refuse to try Deprived of abortion protection measures and in the midterm elections last fall, Voters in several statesincluding Michigan and Kentucky, defended reproductive rights on the ballot.
In Wisconsin, when roe Overturned, the 1849 banned all abortions in all circumstances, except to save the lives of pregnant people, and again took effect. Josh Kaul, the state’s Democratic Attorney General Guaranteed not to execute it Despite legal challenges, the court continues to pass. Still, many abortion providers in the state stopped executing the procedure due to ambiguity of their legality.
Kaul and Evers won reelection in November after running for their support for abortion rights. Now, the case is expected to be brought to the state Supreme Court within next or two years, and the justices will make the 1849 injunction still law.
Elections have become one of the most watched matches in the country, former president Barack Obama Encourage Wisconsin to go out And vote. It also ruins spending records, the most expensive state Supreme Court election in U.S. history, almost $29 million According to the Brennan Justice Center, go to political advertising.
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