The race has become increasingly partisan, with both sides promising to spend millions on the contest. The candidates have also been more outspoken than usual for a judicial race in stating their positions on issues that could come before the court.
a woman says she is voting for Protasiewicz because she “believes in our freedom to make our own decisions when it comes to abortion.”
Mitchell spokesperson Sean Elliott said in a statement reacting to the Protasiewicz ads that Mitchell can't comment on cases that may come before the court, but “he knows that reproductive decisions are best made between patients and their doctors. Not patients and politicians or courts.” “Her promise to put her thumb on the scale of justice to achieve her preferred outcomes is offensive to the very idea of a written constitution, and it breaks faith with the people of Wisconsin who insist that their justices apply the law, not their personal preferences,” Dick said in a statement.Wisconsin's 1849 law banning nearly all abortions went into effect last year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
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