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Howard Schweber on the lawsuit over Wisconsin's abortion ban

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

July 14, 2023

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UW-Madison political science professor emeritus Howard Schweber explains a circuit court ruling on an 1849 state law that's central to a lawsuit challenging a ban on providing abortions in Wisconsin.

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