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Reversing Roe v. Wade and Wisconsin abortion law

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

May 7, 2022

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Janine Geske, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, discusses the anticipated overturning of Roe v. Wade and its implications for the state's law banning abortion except to save the mother's life.

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