The liberal majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, backing a lower court’s decision to overturn the 19th-century law. The 4-3 ruling ends three years of legal fighting over the issue,

Abortion providers in the state resumed the procedure in 2023 after a judge ruled that a more recent law superseded the 176-year-old ban.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in a 4-3 decision that the state's 1849 law prohibiting abortion is invalid.