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Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state's 173-year-old ban on abortions. Wisconsin adopted statutes in 1849 banning doctors from performing abortions unless the mother's life is in danger. -
Anti-abortion groups in Wisconsin say they will work with lawmakers next year to update or replace the state's 1849 abortion ban.
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Illinois' abortion clinics are bolstering their services along the state's borders, in an effort to handle a surge of out-of-state patients who now will need to come to Illinois for reproductive health care.
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From Timber Drive to Lois Street, the city of Rhinelander will be making improvements to about a dozen roads over the next few months.
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Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers hopes to translate anger over the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade into votes this fall as he vows to fight a 173-year-old state abortion ban in any way he can.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is urging the Michigan Supreme Court to quickly determine whether abortion will be legal in the state.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order meant to protect the state's abortion services from laws in neighboring states.
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The Friday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade is causing confusion for some Wisconsin physicians.
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