Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: Wisconsin Supreme Court race previews 2024 abortion fight
support abortion access in cases of rape or incest — including more than 80 percent of Republicans. Protasiewicz’s pro-choice stance is widely credited with driving turnout in the primary and giving her wins in parts of the state that don’t ordinarily vote for progressives.
for Protasiewicz featuring a young woman learning her baby would have severe abnormalities captures the emotion driving the race:Republican lawmakers introduced a bill to allow a rape and incest exception to the near-absolute abortion ban, a retreat from their previous support for the original 1849 prohibition. But even that is too much for Republican leaders, who vow not to bring the bill to the floor. Moreover, some of the very groups backing Kelly oppose that bill; Pro-Life Wisconsin also opposes a separate measure to allow over-the-counter birth control.
That a single, off-year state Supreme Court election has driven so much money and attention to Wisconsin gives us a hint of what to expect in 2024 when Democratic candidates from president to city council lean into the abortion issue. Protasiewicz tells me, “I’ve heard from people in every corner of the state who are concerned about Wisconsin’s extreme criminal abortion ban from 1849.” She added that she’s hearing from voters that women “across this state shouldn’t be told what to do with our bodies, especially by extremists like Dan Kelly.”
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