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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers promised to provide clemency to doctors charged under a state law from 1849 banning most abortions.
Evers made the promise during a rally at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin convention on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Under the state’s 1849 law, which was enacted over a century before Roe v. Wade and may now go back into effect, Wisconsin doctors are banned from performing abortions except when saving the life of the mother, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“I don’t think that a law that was written before the Civil War, or before women secured the right to vote, should be used to dictate these intimate decisions on reproductive health,” Evers said.
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Evers described the Supreme Court’s decision as “bulls***” and said his seven female grandchildren were “made second-class citizens” under it.
Other Democrats attending the rally, including Attorney General Josh Kaul, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, spoke out against the Supreme Court’s decision. Kaul said that he will continue advocating new legislation on abortion and that he anticipates litigation over the 1849 law.
Evers, who is running for reelection, will face one of four Republican gubernatorial candidates this November. A poll published Wednesday by the Marquette University Law School put Evers in front of all of his Republican opponents.
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States that have deemed themselves a “safe haven” for abortions in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s overturn include New York, California, Oregon, and Washington. In April, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado signed the Reproductive Health Equity Act, which codified protections to ensure that abortions remain legal in the state.
