SUPREME COURT HEARS ORAL
ARGUMENTS IN WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ABORTION
CASE IN NEARLY 50 YEARS.
THE HIGH COURT'S ACTION ON DOBBS
V. JACKSON WOMEN'S HEALTH COULD
OVERTURNERA V. WADE AND
CRIMINALIZE ABORTIONS IN THE
COUNTRY INCLUDING IN WISCONSIN.
"HERE & NOW" STUDENT JOURNALIST,
KIM LEADHOLM, SPOKE WITH
ADVOCATES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
ISSUE.
>> WE ARE FACING THE MOST
SERIOUS THREAT TO ABORTION
ACCESS IN THIS COUNTRY IN 50
YEARS, AND, CERTAINLY, IN THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
>> Reporter: TANYA ATKINSON
FROM WISCONSIN WITH PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SUPPORTS ABORTION
ACCESS AND GRACIE SKOGMAN WITH
WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE DOES NOT
AND WEIGHS IN ON THE HIGH COURT
CASE.
>> IT WOULD WITH CHANGE
EVERYTHING HERE IN WISCONSIN,
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD PUT
THIS BACK INTO THE STATE'S
CONTROL.
>> Reporter: THE CASE TO BE
HEARD BEFORE THE HIGH COURT IS A
CHALLENGE TO A MISSISSIPPI LAW
THAT BANS ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS
AFTER THE 15th WEEK OF
PREGNANCY.
THIS CASE COULD OVERRULE ROE V.
WADE AND ALLOW STATES TO
RESTRICT PREVIABILITY ABORTIONS.
WISCONSIN HAD A LAW IN THE BOOKS
SINCE 1849 CRIMINALIZING
ABORTION.
IT'S NOT BEING ENFORCED BECAUSE
OF ROE V. WADE, HOWEVER, IF
OVERTURNED, ABORTION COULD BE A
CRIME IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
>> WHAT WE BELIEVED AT WISCONSIN
RIGHT TO LIFE AND PRO-LIFE
MOVEMENT IS THERE IS NO
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN
ABORTION AND NO FEDERAL LAW THAT
ENSHRINES THAT RIGHT, SO WE
BELIEVE THAT THAT ROE V. WADE
DECISION WAS JUDICIAL OVERREACH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT
PATIENTS NEED AN ABORTION IN
WISCONSIN CAN STILL TURN TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN,
AND THAT WE CAN HELP MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE CONNECTING TO
PLACES WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A
LEGAL ABORTION AND CONNECTING
SAFELY.
>> Reporter: IN TEXAS, THERE
IS A HEARTBEAT LAW MAKING
ABORTION ILLEGAL AFTER SIX
WEEKS.
THIS CASE IS CURRENTLY BEING
CONSIDERED BY THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT AND COULD HINT AT WHAT THE
COURT DECIDES IN THE DOBBS CASE.
>> THE HEARTBEAT CASE IN TEXAS
DOES NOT DIRECTLY CHALLENGE ROE
IN THE SAME WAY THAT DOBBS DOES,
BUT I BELIEVE IT WILL BE VERY
INSIGHTFUL.
I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE SEE AN
OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE, BUT
I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN GO SO
FAR AS TO SAY THAT I EXPECT
THAT.
>> I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE ACROSS
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN ARE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING, AND I DO ANTICIPATE
AS THE ELECTIONS GROW CLOSER AND
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WHO THEIR
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE VERY IN TUNE TO WHAT
THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES, WHERE
THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES STAND
ON ACCESSING SAFE AND LEGAL
ABORTION IN WISCONSIN.
>> Reporter: A DECISION IN THE
CASE THAT DIRECTLY CHALLENGES
ROE V. WADE AND POSSIBLY