{"id":545226,"date":"2023-01-29T22:43:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T19:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-high-stakes-race-in-wisconsin-that-could-impact-abortion-rights-and-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-01-29T22:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T19:43:18","slug":"the-high-stakes-race-in-wisconsin-that-could-impact-abortion-rights-and-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-high-stakes-race-in-wisconsin-that-could-impact-abortion-rights-and-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"#The high-stakes race in Wisconsin that could impact abortion rights \u2014 and 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24965e6ea40\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24965e6ea40\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-high-stakes-race-in-wisconsin-that-could-impact-abortion-rights-and-2024\/#The_high-stakes_race_in_Wisconsin_that_could_impact_abortion_rights_%E2%80%94_and_2024\" >The high-stakes race in Wisconsin that could impact abortion rights \u2014 and 2024<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_high-stakes_race_in_Wisconsin_that_could_impact_abortion_rights_%E2%80%94_and_2024\"><\/span>The high-stakes race in Wisconsin that could impact abortion rights \u2014 and 2024<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/wisconsinprotest_062522_ap-harm-venhuizen_wisconsinsupremecourt.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A race for a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin could determine the future of abortion rights in a state likely to play a crucial role in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Supreme Court has a 4-3 conservative majority, but conservative Justice Patience Roggensack is opting not to seek another term, evenly splitting the court along ideological lines. Voters will head to the polls for a February primary, which will determine which two justices from a group of two conservative candidates and two liberal candidates will move on to the April <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Whoever wins that state Supreme Court seat is likely to weigh in on a consequential lawsuit over a contested 1849 abortion law, which offers no exceptions except for the life of the pregnant person, and the outcome of which could have major implications for one of the country\u2019s few remaining swing states.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin-based Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki said that anger following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s overturning of Roe v. Wade last year is still motivating voters and will play a crucial role in this year\u2019s state judicial race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe midterms did not go the way Republicans thought they would, and I really believe that one of the main reasons behind that was the Dobbs decision. Nothing has fundamentally changed in the landscape,\u201d Zepecki said. \u201cThat means that all of a sudden the voters who are passionate about abortion in November of last year aren\u2019t gonna go, \u2018Oh, well, we did what we could. Oh, well, we\u2019ll just live with this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Attorney General Josh Kaul\u00a0(D) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doj.state.wi.us\/sites\/default\/files\/news-media\/6.28.22_Criminal_Abortion_Ban_Complaint.pdf\"><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doj.state.wi.us\/sites\/default\/files\/news-media\/6.28.22_Criminal_Abortion_Ban_Complaint.pdf\">filed a lawsuit last year<\/a>\u00a0arguing that legislation passed following the Supreme Court\u2019s Roe v. Wade decision, which allows abortions up until a fetus\u2019s \u201cviability\u201d with limited exceptions afterward, created a conflict with the 1849 abortion law. Depending on how the court rules, it could keep abortion restrictions in place or offer broader exceptions to pregnant people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Wisconsin GOP, argued the focus on abortion was \u201ca dodge\u201d and said the party is \u201ctrying desperately to get away from discussions about other issues in which the liberals are horribly out of touch.\u201d He listed school choice, voting changes and Second Amendment rights as other issues that could likely come up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two liberal judges \u2014 Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell \u2014 and two conservative judges \u2014 Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow and former state Supreme Court Judge Daniel Kelly \u2014 are vying for the open state Supreme Court justice seat in the Feb. 21 primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The top two vote-getters will move on to the general election on April 4, meaning two candidates from the same party or one from each could proceed to the final round.<\/p>\n<p>There are other issues besides abortion at play in the race: Democrats see redistricting and the state\u2019s legislative maps as critical issues. And Barry Burden, a political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the director of the university\u2019s Elections Research Center, says Republicans are likely hoping several ballot measures they added to the spring election \u2014 one on work requirements for welfare recipients and another on bail \u2014 will excite their base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But most of the candidates have made a point of speaking out on abortion. Groups on either side of the issue have also waded into the race, suggesting that it\u2019s likely to play a major role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Mitchell, one of the liberal justices,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/judge-mitchell-responds-to-scotus-roe-v-wade-decision\">issued a statemen<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/judge-mitchell-responds-to-scotus-roe-v-wade-decision\">t\u00a0in the wake<\/a> of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying that \u201cthe reality of a reproductive right being taken from women, is both heart-wrenching and dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointing\u201d and that \u201cas an ally, I will always use my male privilege to stand with and to stand up for women\u2019s reproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protasiewicz, the other liberal justice running,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NccB5rwJsZs\">issued a 15-minute ad<\/a>\u00a0through her campaign in which she said, \u201cI believe in a woman\u2019s freedom to make her own decision on abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Dick, a campaign spokesperson for Kelly, one of the conservative candidates, gave a statement to The Hill touting endorsements \u201cby all three major pro-life groups in the state.\u201d One of those, Wisconsin Right to Life PAC, has also endorsed the other conservative candidate, Dorow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Though some of the candidates have fielded criticism for sharing opinions on the issue, Mitchell and Protasiewicz\u2019s campaigns argued in separate interviews with The Hill that the candidates are allowed to express their own beliefs and have not said how they would rule on a case if it came before them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are judges and we are lawyers, more specifically, so we can have an opinion as to the law that\u2019s already been written and decided on, and both sides can do that,\u201d Mitchell told The Hill, while an official said\u00a0with Protasiewicz\u2019s campaign said that \u201cthere\u2019s nothing that prevents a candidate [from] saying what their beliefs are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, outside groups on both sides of the issue have started previewing their involvement in the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Stephen Billy, vice president of state affairs at Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, an anti-abortion group, said that the organization will be making a six-figure investment in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to let the abortion advocates spend money to lie and to fearmonger, and we\u2019re going to fight back against that with a six-figure investment to make sure that the truth about the pro-life laws in Wisconsin are known and that the voters understand the other side is seeking to make sure that abortion on-demand is the permanent law in Wisconsin,\u201d Billy said.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Webb, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, declined to offer a dollar amount on potential spending in the race but said the organization would be involved.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve prioritized this election and [are] committed to do the on-the-ground organizing and outreach to inform people about the importance of the race. We will be mobilizing young people, women and people of color to make sure that their voices [are] heard in this election. The investments that we will be making will be around \u2014 for education, GOTV campaigns and digital advertisement, direct mail,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The stakes of the race are also high because Wisconsin is one of the few remaining battleground states, and Democrats are likely to use the abortion issue as one key turnout mechanism in 2024. Should a more a conservative-leaning state Supreme Court rule in favor of more restrictive abortion rules ahead of the presidential election, Democrats will almost certainly seize on any upswell of anger among voters, just as they did in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Supreme Court\u2019s decision last year has created a patchwork of state laws that have regulated differently on the medical procedure. While Illinois has abortion protections and Michigan, with its newly Democratic-controlled legislature, will likely pass abortion protections, Wisconsin represents a different reality to patients and medical students.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Wisconsin is losing OB-GYN practices. Students who want to become OB-GYN doctors have to leave the state to complete their training because you can\u2019t teach the standard care for cases of ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage without fearing that a reverend prosecutor is going to try to throw you in jail,\u201d said Ben Wikler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation is totally unacceptable to most Wisconsinites, and the Supreme Court election [on] April 4 is the closest thing Wisconsin will have to Kansas\u2019s abortion referendum,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Retired GOP strategist Brandon Scholz, who called the upcoming election \u201cthe single most important race for the Supreme Court\u201d that Wisconsin has ever seen, says this much is clear: Money will continue to pour into the race on the Democratic side, and Republicans will need to compete in terms of fundraising if they want to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this isn\u2019t a $20 million dollar race, I don\u2019t know what it is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3833693-the-high-stakes-race-in-wisconsin-that-could-impact-abortion-rights-and-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high-stakes race in Wisconsin that could impact abortion rights \u2014 and 2024 A race for a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin could determine the future of abortion rights in a state likely to play a crucial role in the 2024 presidential election. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has a 4-3 conservative majority, but conservative Justice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":545227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/wisconsinprotest_062522_ap-harm-venhuizen_wisconsinsupremecourt.jpeg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[71607,134417,134343,90482,139157,134446,139158],"class_list":["post-545226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abortion","tag-blog-briefing-room","tag-campaign","tag-house","tag-redistricting","tag-sunday-talk-shows","tag-wisconsin-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}