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Yes.
Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz has stated support for reproductive rights during her campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Protasiewicz is running in the April 4, 2023, election against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly.
On Feb. 22, Protasiewicz said in a tweet: “Reproductive rights are at stake.” The tweet solicited donors for her campaign.
After the Feb. 21 primary election, Protasiewicz said, “I can’t tell you how I’ll rule in any case, but (…) I value a woman’s freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions.”
On Feb. 17, Protasiewicz tweeted that she is “defending reproductive choice.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison associate law professor Robert Yablon told the Wisconsin State Journal that Wisconsin’s Code of Judicial Conduct “prohibits judicial candidates from promising to rule in particular ways on particular legal questions, but it does not bar them from sharing their values and opinions.”
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Twitter | Judge Janet Protasiewicz: Judge Janet’s advanced to the April 4th election. Reproductive Rights are at stake. Help Janet flip the WI Supreme Court by becoming a General Election Founding Donor today!
FOX6 News Milwaukee: Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Protasiewicz post election speech (6:36)
Twitter | Judge Janet Protasiewicz: Everything we love and more is at stake with this election. Judge Janet will uphold our constitutional freedoms, protect our democracy, and defend reproductive choice.
Wisconsin State Journal: Fact check: Did liberal high court candidate Janet Protasiewicz violate the judicial code of conduct?
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