>>> TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING THAT
WE'RE TAKING THIS FIGHT BACK TO
THE COURTS.
I'VE AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY GENERAL
JOSH KAUL TO FILE A LAWSUIT
TODAY THAT IS A DIRECT CHALLENGE
OF WISCONSIN'S 1849 CRIMINAL
ABORTION BAN.
AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
WISCONSINITES SUPPORTED ROW --
ROE IN MAKING SURE ABORTIONS
REMAIN SAFE AND LEGAL IN
WISCONSIN.
>> TO IT THE RAMIFICATIONS IN
WISCONSIN IN THE WAKE OF THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION
OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE.
BECAUSE THE HIGH COURT SENT IT
BACK TO THE STATES, WISCONSIN
NOW REVERTS TO A STATUTE PASSED
IN 1849 THAT PROHIBITS ABORTION.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL
AND CONFLICTING STATE ABORTION
LAWS PASSED SINCE THEN.
IN A MOMENT WE'LL HEAR FROM
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH KAUL WHO
SAYS THE 19th CENTURY BAN ON
ABORTION IS UNENFORCEABLE
BECAUSE OF DUELING LAWS ON THE
BOOKS.
>>> BUT FIRST NATHAN TAKES US
THROUGH THE BRO DEPRESSION OF
ABORTION -- PROGRESSION OF
ABORTION LAWS IN WISCONSIN.
>> Reporter: THE 1849 LAW
PROHIBITS ABORTION OUTRIGHT,
MAKING IT WHY -- ILLEGAL TO
PERFORM AN ABORTION AFTER A
MOTHER FEELS FETAL MOVEMENT,
UNLESS IT IS TO SAVE THE
MOTHER'S LIFE.
UNDER THAT LAW, ANY PERSON WHO
PERFORMS AN ABORTION COULD BE
GUILTY OF A FELONY.
AS THE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS,
IN 1858 A NEW LAW MADE IT A
FELONY TO ABORT AT ANY POINT
AFTER CONCEPTION.
MORE THAN 100 YEARS AFTER THAT,
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED IN
ROE V. WADE.
THE 1973 CASE HELD THAT THE
CONSTITUTION PROTECTS A WOMAN'S
RIGHT TO AN ABORTION PRIOR TO
THE VIABILITY OF THE FETUS.
INTERESTEDE ROE THE DECISION TO
TERMINATE THE PREGNANCY WAS
SOLELY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
WOMAN DURING THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS.
WISCONSIN'S POST-ROE LIMITS
INCLUDED A LAW PROHIBITING
ABORTIONS OF A 20 WEEKS EXCEPT
FOR THE LIFE OR HEALTH OF THE
MOTHER.
MORE UPDATES TO THE STATUTED
CONTINUED.
A SET OF LAWS FROM 2017 PUT
RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING A WAITING
PERIOD AND MANDATORY
ULTRASOUNDS.
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>> Reporter: SO WHEN THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN
ROLFED, THE -- ROE V. WADE, THE
DECISION LEFT THE OLD AND NEW
LAWS ON ON THE BOOKS IN