Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is vowing to grant clemency to anyone charged under an 1849 state law that bans abortions, in the latest attempt by Democrats to get around the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
The abortion ban went back into force after the justices on Friday axed the nationwide right to abortion, leaving the matter up to the states.
Mr. Evers, who faces reelection this year, told the state Democratic Party that he wouldn’t enforce the law and would give a pass to anyone caught in its cross-hairs.
“The 1849 law says that anybody that provides an abortion is subject to a felony, one to six years,” Mr.