Wisconsin voters voted progressive Janet Protasiewicz to the northern US state Supreme Court on Tuesday, multiple US media reported, handing abortion rights supporters a substantial victory.
With this victory for Janet Protasiewicz, the high Wisconsin institution now has four progressive justices against three conservatives.
The election was considered one of the most important of the year in the United States, since the fate of the right to abortion in this state would depend on its result.
“Congratulations to Janet Protasiewicz, who becomes the next justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” reacted the Wisconsin branch of the Planned Parenthood family planning organization.
A decisive choice
Last June, the Supreme Court of the United States had dynamited the right to abortion, giving freedom to the states to prohibit it or not. Several states, including Wisconsin, had laws prohibiting abortion written before Roe v. Wade Act of 1973, which established the right of American women to have an abortion.
Recognizing the legal risk, the powerful organization Planned Parenthood stopped planning all abortions in Wisconsin shortly after the Supreme Court ruling in Washington.
“Abortion clinics in Wisconsin have temporarily stopped providing their services due to an old law that completely bans abortions that (state) officials can start enforcing,” Abortion Finder, a site that provides information on abortion, said at the time. Where to get an abortion in the United States.
Wisconsin’s abortion ban law, which dates back to 1849, is expected to be reviewed in the coming months by the state Supreme Court.
Source: BFM TV
