The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican prosecutors in Wisconsin said they intended to enforce the old law.

The liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down an abortion ban in the state that dates back 176 years. The state's top court ruled 4-3 that the ban was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.