MADISON, Wis. — Democrats tried, but predictably failed, to undo Wisconsin’s 173-year-old abortion ban, which will go into effect as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the precedent. Wednesday’s session was just the latest among a series of special sessions called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers that have failed to yield any debate in the Republican-controlled Legislature. WATCH:.
By Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch About 50 abortion rights supporters stood on the bridge over the Wisconsin River into Sauk City on a sunny Saturday morning in mid-May. They .