By Scott Bauer, AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-backed candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court provided legal advice to one of the state's leading anti-abortion groups, work that Wisconsin Right to Life and Daniel Kelly have not detailed but that is being used against Kelly by his liberal opponent.
The high-stakes race, expected to shatter national spending records, will determine majority control of the court and likely the fate of abortion access in the state.
With the state Supreme Court likely to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's 1849 ban on abortions at any stage of pregnancy, the candidates' positions have become a central focus of the race. National groups are promising to spend big before the April 4 election.
Kelly is endorsed by the state's three top anti-abortion groups, including Wisconsin Right to Life. Democratic-backed candidate Janet Protasiewicz has run as a vocal supporter of abortion rights, something Kelly says goes too far in showing how she might rule on an existing lawsuit.
Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, went after Kelly on abortion in one of her first ads after the two of them advanced from a four-candidate primary on Feb. 21. In the spot, Protasiewicz labels Kelly as too extreme, claiming, "For years, Kelly was on the payroll of a radical anti-abortion group working to take away women's rights."
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