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Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks 1849 law, allows abortion to continue

Advocacy groups could continue trying to litigate whether there is a right to the procedure under the state constitution, said Miriam Seifter, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. But for now, Wednesday’s ruling ends a complicated, three-year conflict over the state’s abortion laws.

“The question all along has been, how do they fit together?” she said.