Update: Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel in the race for an open position on the Wisconsin Supreme Court (April 1). Unofficial results had Crawford up by more than 8 points, the Associated Press reported Wednesday (April 2).
Pro-life and abortion advocates in Wisconsin are keeping a close watch on Tuesday’s (April 1) election results that include a race to fill an open position on the state’s Supreme Court. With a longtime justice retiring, filling this spot is expected to impact a case involving whether abortion will be enshrined as a right in the state’s constitution.
Susan Crawford, who is running against Brad Schimel for the open spot, ran an ad in March saying, “There’s been a lot of talk about this Supreme Court race but here’s what’s really at stake. Brad Schimel wants to make sure women don’t have the right to make their own health care decisions. If he wins, that right is gone.”
During the campaign, Schimel shared about how he and his wife adopted two daughters of teen moms, who chose life during a difficult time. He also emphasized that it’s not a judge’s role to “apply the law, not make the law.”
In an ad he said, “I’m personally grateful for the choice their birth mothers made. But a judge’s job is to apply the law, not make the law. The people of Wisconsin through referendum or their elected representatives should decide the question of abortion.”
Now it’s up to Wisconsin voters to decide.
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Wisconsin’s critical race – The World and Everything in It podcast
Abortion once more plays a key role in a state political fight, this time in Wisconsin’s court race -Associated Press
In Wisconsin, an abortion-rights test -Politico
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was compiled by The Baptist Paper.
