Wisconsin's Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is out with a new campaign ad in which his mother shares her personal story of getting an abortion when her health was at risk.
Why it matters: The Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade has brought back an 1849 law in Wisconsin banning abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Exceptions to save a woman's life only exist if it is recommended by multiple doctors.
For Democrats, the Roe decision has injected new urgency into statewide and federal races in Wisconsin, where GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is defending a seat rated "toss up" by Cook Political Report.
"It was my decision. Not some politician's," Barnes' mother says in the ad, shared first with Axios.
