**CORRECTED** Gov. Evers, AG Kaul File New Brief in Direct Challenge to Wisconsin's 1800s-era Criminal Abortion Ban

Wisconsin Republicans have repeatedly refused to protect reproductive rights and repeal the state's criminal abortion ban despite safe, legal access to abortion having broad, bipartisan support in Wisconsin. According to the Marquette Law School Poll, nearly 60 percent of Wisconsin voters support safe, legal access to abortion and more than 60 percent oppose the decision to overturn Roe.

"We shouldn't be beholden to a law from the 1800s passed well before Wisconsin women had the right to vote," said Gov. Evers. "We've said all along that we'd never stop fighting to ensure every Wisconsinite has the freedom to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions without interference from politicians, and that fight continues today. It's time for the courts to provide clarity on this issue so that we can restore the reproductive freedom and the rights Wisconsinites relied on right up until the Supreme Court reversed Roe and turned back the clock on reproductive freedom by 50 years last summer."

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