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June 30, 2022

Legal Challenges Seek to Halt Abortion Bans in Ohio and Wisconsin
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has filed suit to block the
state's ban on abortions after fetal cardiac cells begin contractions,
which typically occurs six weeks after an egg is fertilized and before
many people even know they are pregnant. Ohio's so-called heartbeat bill
went into effect just hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade last Friday.

In Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed suit to block
enforcement of the state's 173-year-old ban on nearly all abortions.
Democratic Governor Tony Evers says the 1849 legislation should be
superseded by a 1985 law allowing abortions until a fetus has grown
enough that it could survive outside the womb - typically around 20
weeks of pregnancy.


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