Wisconsin Supreme Court
Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court announced they had reached a decision to hear an original action brought forward by Planned Parenthood to “find” a right to abortion in the Wisconsin state constitution. The court also denied the motion of all three pro-life groups, Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Family Action and Pro-Life Wisconsin to intervene in this case. They are being represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) and the Thomas More Society.
There is no right to abortion in the Wisconsin Constitution and it is the role of Wisconsin’s elected representatives to create policy on abortion – not the court’s. All three pro-life organizations have been working for years to offer alternatives to abortion and help Wisconsinites make life-affirming decisions.
In response, Heather Weininger, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life stated, “This is a sad day in Wisconsin, as abortion proponents have shown that they are seeking to enshrine abortion access on demand throughout pregnancy. This would leave our state with no protection for preborn children. Every Wisconsinite should be troubled by this blatant weaponization of the court system to enshrine death on demand.”
Daniel Degner, Interim President of Wisconsin Family Action stated,” It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court’s majority will not allow pro-life voices to have our day in court on behalf of the unborn and the tens of thousands of pro-life Wisconsin citizens. We have significant concerns that the Court’s intention is to create an extreme abortion policy instead of the decision going through its proper channel of “we the people” through our elected representatives.”
Dan Miller, State Director at Pro-Life Wisconsin stated, “Every Wisconsin citizen who enjoys their God given rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness should be alarmed. This brazen power grab by the Court to codify abortion as a fundamental right in our state constitution, thus overturning all state laws restricting abortion, will result in tens of thousands of dead babies and wounded mothers for years to come.” Reprinted from WRTL press release of 7/2/2024