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Michels: Would sign abortion ban with rape/incest exceptions

Tim Michels points at the crowd after winning the republican primary for governor Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
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Tim Michels points at the crowd after winning the republican primary for governor Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

MADISON, WI (AP)— Republican Tim Michels says he would sign an abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest if it came to his desk as governor.

That's a shift from his earlier statement that the state’s 1849 ban — with an exception only for the life of the mother — was “an exact mirror” of his position.

Currently, an 1849 law bans all abortion procedures in Wisconsin, with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Polls have repeatedly shown that a majority of people in Wisconsin support abortion rights. A spokeswoman for Evers’ campaign says she doubts that Michels’ views have changed.

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