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Sheboygan County district attorney says he'll appeal judge's ruling on 1849 abortion law

Dane County judge ruled Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortions

Matt Smith
Political Director
Sheboygan County district attorney says he'll appeal judge's ruling on 1849 abortion law

Dane County judge ruled Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortions

POLICE ARRESTED THE TWO ADULTS. NOW TO ABORTIONS IN WISCONSIN. THE LEGAL FIGHT INTENSIFIES. TONIGHT, A PROMISE OF A QUICK APPEAL COMING HOURS AFTER A JUDGE’S RULING OVER ACCESS TO ABORTIONS. 12 NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MATT SMITH BROKE THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE 12 NEWS APP. HE JOINS US NOW. MATT, THE LEGAL FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. PATRICK JUST HOURS AFTER A DANE COUNTY JUDGE SAID WISCONSIN’S 1849 LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO ABORTIONS, A PROMISED APPEAL TONIGHT SETTING THE STAGE FOR A CONTENTIOUS FIGHT BEFORE THE STATE’S HIGH COURT OVER THE FUTURE OF ABORTION ACCESS. IN WISCONSIN. TONIGHT, THE SWEEPING 14 PAGE RULING SETTING THE STAGE FOR A HIGH PROFILE SHOWDOWN AS EXPECTED, DANE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE DIANE SLIPPER DECLARING AN 1849 WISCONSIN LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO ABORTION. OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON THIS CASE AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE FULLY RESTORED ACCESS TO SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION IN WISCONSIN. THE DECISION OVERNIGHT INSTANTLY RETURNING WISCONSIN TO ITS ABORTION LAWS BEFORE ROE V WADE WAS OVERTURNED. LEGALIZING ABORTION UP TO 20 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. PLANNED PARENTHOOD, WHICH ALREADY RESUMED ABORTIONS IN MILWAUKEE AND MADISON, PREPARING THE SAME TONIGHT IN SHEBOYGAN. WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND HOW FAST WILL ABORTIONS RESUME IN SHEBOYGAN? SO WE ARE PLANNING TO RESUME OUR SERVICES IN SHEBOYGAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS THE TOP PRIORITY FOR US TODAY. SHEBOYGAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOEL URBANSKI PROMISING A QUICK APPEAL IN A STATEMENT TO 12 NEWS, SAYING, TONIGHT I AM OBLIGATED TO COMPLY WITH THAT RULING UNLESS THE DECISION IS STAYED PENDING APPEAL OR ULTIMATELY REVERSED. TO BE CLEAR, I DISAGREE WITH IT AND INTEND TO APPEAL. GARY HARRY THEORY. THE RULING TONIGHT SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT WITH THE COURT’S NEW 423 LIBERAL MAJORITY NEWLY ELECTED JUSTICE JANET PROTASIEWICZ CAMPAIGNING ON THE ISSUE AND WINNING IN APRIL BY 11 POINTS. IF THOSE ISSUES COME TO THE COURT AND I AM ELECTED TO THE SUPREME COURT, THERE’S A FRESH LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE. MATT, ANY IDEA HOW FAST THE CASE COULD REACH THE STATE SUPREME COURT? PATRICK, IN TERMS OF A SPECIFIC TIMELINE TONIGHT, STILL UNKNOWN, BUT IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED TONIGHT THE HIGH COURT COULD RULE BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION.
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Sheboygan County district attorney says he'll appeal judge's ruling on 1849 abortion law

Dane County judge ruled Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortions

Matt Smith
Political Director
Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski says he will appeal a Dane County judge's ruling that said Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortions. "I am obligated to comply with that ruling unless the decision is stayed pending appeal or ultimately reversed," Urmanski said in a statement to WISN 12 News. "To be clear, I disagree with and intend to appeal the decision." Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipoper ruled Tuesday the law in question, a statute written in 1849, does not apply to abortions but to feticide. With the 1849 statute no longer in effect, Wisconsin returns to its pre-Dobbs abortion laws, under which abortion is banned 20 weeks after "probable fertilization."Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced it would resume abortions in Sheboygan after the ruling. The organization already resumed services in Milwaukee and Madison. The case is expected to make it to the Wisconsin Supreme Court where liberals hold a 4-3 majority after Justice Janet Protasiewicz's win.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. —

Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski says he will appeal a Dane County judge's ruling that said Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortions.

"I am obligated to comply with that ruling unless the decision is stayed pending appeal or ultimately reversed," Urmanski said in a statement to WISN 12 News. "To be clear, I disagree with and intend to appeal the decision."

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Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipoper ruled Tuesday the law in question, a statute written in 1849, does not apply to abortions but to feticide.

With the 1849 statute no longer in effect, Wisconsin returns to its pre-Dobbs abortion laws, under which abortion is banned 20 weeks after "probable fertilization."

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced it would resume abortions in Sheboygan after the ruling. The organization already resumed services in Milwaukee and Madison.

The case is expected to make it to the Wisconsin Supreme Court where liberals hold a 4-3 majority after Justice Janet Protasiewicz's win.

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