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Evers calls special session to implement abortion referendum

By Marisa Wojcik, Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

September 23, 2022

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Gov. Tony Evers called a special session of the Wisconsin Legislature to create a referendum process for voters to weigh in on state law, allowing a direct challenge the state's existing 1849 criminal abortion ban.

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