In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among women who lost their pregnancies in the second trimester.

On June 22, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion established a half-century before in Roe v. Wade, opening the door to state abortion bans across the country.

The first 14 states that restricted abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022 delivered 22,181 more babies into the world as a result, a federally funded study shows.

The election, scheduled for April 1, will determine the ideological balance of the court, with implications for issues such as abortion and workers' rights.

The Supreme Court rejects challenges to abortion clinic buffer zone laws in Illinois and New Jersey, surprising observers.

Chiles challenged the law in 2022 as a violation of her First Amendment right to free speech. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld Colorado’s ban, and the ADF appealed the decision to the nation’s highest court.

The only scheduled debate for this year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race is set for Wednesday night at Marquette University. Abortion is expected to be one of the controversial topics discussed. The issue has already reignited strong feelings on reproductive rights.

For nearly three years, it has seemed inevitable that the Supreme Court would strike down the “buffer zones” that restrict protests near the entrances of reproductive health clinics. A majority of the court has already castigated these laws—and past precedent upholding them—as a subversion of anti-abortion protesters’ First Amendment rights.

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.

Ahead of their only scheduled debate, Wisconsin Watch fact-checked 10 claims about the backgrounds and positions of the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates, liberal Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford and conservative Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel.