Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called for a special legislative session next month for lawmakers to consider allowing voters to repeal the state's 1849 abortion ban.
"At the end of the day, Wisconsinites — and women in particular — were not only stripped of their reproductive freedom, but they currently don't have a right to enact the change they need to protect that freedom without having to get permission from the Legislature. That's just wrong, and it's time for us to change that," Evers, a Democrat, said in a statement.oEvers signed an executive order that calls lawmakers back to Madison for a special session at 10 a.m.
Under the process laid out in the governor's proposal, voters would file petitions with the Wisconsin Elections Commission and need the petition to be signed by a sufficient number of qualified electors verified by the agency. A vote would then be held during the general election at least 120 days after the petition was filed.
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