Wisconsin governor vows to offer docs clemency if prosecuted below state abortion ban

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers promised to offer clemency to docs charged below a state legislation from 1849 banning most abortions.

Evers made the promise throughout a rally on the Democratic Get together of Wisconsin conference on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court docket's landmark determination to overturn Roe v. Wade. Below the state's 1849 legislation, which was enacted over a century earlier than Roe v. Wade and will now return into impact, Wisconsin docs are banned from performing abortions besides when saving the lifetime of the mom, in response to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

"I do not suppose that a legislation that was written earlier than the Civil Warfare, or earlier than girls secured the precise to vote, needs to be used to dictate these intimate choices on reproductive well being," Evers mentioned.

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Evers described the Supreme Court docket's determination as "bulls***" and mentioned his seven feminine grandchildren had been "made second-class residents" below it.

Different Democrats attending the rally, together with Lawyer Basic Josh Kaul, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, spoke out towards the Supreme Court docket's determination. Kaul mentioned that he'll proceed advocating new laws on abortion and that he anticipates litigation over the 1849 legislation.

Evers, who's operating for reelection, will face one in every of 4 Republican gubernatorial candidates this November. A ballot printed Wednesday by the Marquette College Regulation Faculty put Evers in entrance of all of his Republican opponents.

States which have deemed themselves a "secure haven" for abortions within the wake of Roe v. Wade's overturn embody New York, California, Oregon, and Washington. In April, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado signed the Reproductive Well being Fairness Act, which codified protections to make sure that abortions stay authorized within the state.