Dane Co. judge rules that law from 1849 does not prohibit abortion: Why? And what comes next?
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WFRV) - On Monday, Wis. Stat. § 940.04 considered abortions illegal. On Tuesday, Dane Co. Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper ruled that the law, written in 1849, does not prohibit abortions. “I’m just flabbergasted,” Victor Schupp of Sheboygan said. He slowly walks up and down the sidewa