The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican prosecutors in Wisconsin said they intended to enforce the old law.

Justice Rebecca Bradley and Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor, likely 2026 Supreme Court candidates, draw contrast on abortion ruling.

Anti-abortion groups expressed disappointment after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a 1849 state law that had banned nearly all abortions.

Wisconsin justices ruled 4-3 to overturn a near abortion ban, a reflection of the court's liberal majority and an election that attracted millions in campaign donations.

In a 4-3 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority ruled the 1849 law had been "impliedly repealed" by changes the Legislature has enacted over the years.

The Supreme Court declined Thursday to review a Montana law that requires people under 18 to seek parental consent before obtaining an abortion, leaving in place a state court ruling that struck the law down.

In a split decision revealed Wednesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's 1849 abortion ban. The ruling follows confusion after the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. It left many uncertain about whether the 1849 abortion ban would be the law of the land in Wisconsin or the laws enacted since Roe v.

Abortion will continue to be legal in Wisconsin after the state’s Supreme Court said Wednesday that a 176-year-old law is not an abortion ban, ruling that it has been superseded by more recent

The liberal majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, backing a lower court’s decision to overturn the 19th-century law. The 4-3 ruling ends three years of legal fighting over the issue,