REMINDER: Anti-Abortion Brad Schimel Sued to Enforce Abortion Restrictions

MADISON, Wis. — In a recent appearance on right-wing radio, Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel attempted to paper over his extreme, anti-abortion record—even insisting he “never made any statement regarding the 1849 abortion ban.”

In fact, Schimel reportedly identified himself as “firmly pro-life” as recently as last month, telling an audience in Appleton that Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban was valid state law.

Brad Schimel’s anti-abortion record is prolific. As Wisconsin’s worst Attorney General, Brad Schimel wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on a right-wing lawsuit in an attempt to enforce new restrictions on abortion access signed into law by former Governor Scott Walker. His presence on the Wisconsin Supreme Court would mean attacks on women’s rights from the highest levels of law in the state.

“Brad Schimel is an extreme, right-wing politician determined to force his anti-abortion agenda on Wisconsinites,” says Democratic Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Joe Oslund. “Brad Schimel has a long record of fighting to enforce restrictions on abortion access that put patients at risk, and there’s no doubt he would pursue a total abortion ban on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”

Read more about Brad Schimel’s record of extremism below: 

• Even before Roe was overturned, Brad Schimel was suing to enforce new restrictions on access to safe and legal abortion in Wisconsin. 

• Schimel wasted more than a million taxpayer dollars on an extreme, partisan lawsuit seeking to enforce new restrictions on abortion access in Wisconsin signed into law by failed former Governor Scott Walker.

• Brad Schimel even said it was an “honor to have a case named Planned Parenthood v. Schimel.”