{"id":8494,"date":"2022-08-01T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8494"},"modified":"2022-08-01T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:39:55","slug":"where-the-midterms-could-most-affect-abortion-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8494","title":{"rendered":"Where The Midterms Could Most Affect Abortion Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Since the Dobbs decision, Wisconsin clinics have been proceeding as if abortion is now illegal<\/a> in the state based on an 1849 law banning the procedure, except to save the life of the mother. However, state Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, has said he won\u2019t enforce the ban<\/a>, and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised to pardon<\/a> any doctors convicted of performing an abortion. In fact, on Tuesday, Evers and Kaul announced a legal challenge<\/a> to the 1849 ban. (Evers has also said he is considering executive action that would limit local prosecutors\u2019 ability to enforce the law.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Kaul and Evers could both lose reelection in 2022. Evers\u2019s loss would be especially consequential: Not only might doctors once again face jail time for performing abortions if the 1849 ban is determined to be operative, but also, if it is not, a Republican governor could join forces with the Republican-led legislature to pass a modern abortion ban. The opposite situation \u2014 Democrats winning the legislature and working with Evers to enact new abortion protections<\/em> \u2014 is pretty much off the table, though. Wisconsin\u2019s state-legislative maps are heavily biased toward the GOP<\/a>, so Democrats do not have a realistic shot at winning either chamber.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where The Midterms Could Most Affect Abortion Access<\/a><\/blockquote>