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Sheboygan County DA Joel Urmanski and Wisconsin abortion law

By Marisa Wojcik, Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

August 25, 2023

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Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski is the only one of three named defendants in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's abortion ban who stated they would prosecute violations of state law.

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