Kaul v. Urmanski
Agreed to hear challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives claim bans abortion. A lower court said that law did not outlaw abortions. The high court will consider if it does and, if so, if it is still enforceable on an appeal brought by a Republican Wisconsin county attorney.
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