Wisconsin Supreme Court debate -- like much of the race -- focuses on abortion
Early voting started Tuesday in the race between liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Dan Kelly, which has become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
The two candidates in a pivotal race for Wisconsin Supreme Court sparred on abortion access and judicial independence in their only one-on-one debate, held Tuesday afternoon.
The election between liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Dan Kelly will decide the balance of the court and likely the fate of abortion in the state, where it has been inaccessible since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
Both candidates singled out their opponent’s support from outside abortion-focused groups as evidence their decisions in a lawsuit over the state’s 1849 abortion ban, which is likely to end up in the high court, would be predetermined and based on politics as opposed to the law. Protasiewicz has emphasized her support for abortion rights in her campaign messaging and attacked Kelly as extreme on the issue, highlighting his ties with Wisconsin’s anti-abortion groups.
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