Top Wisconsin Republican wants to put abortion laws on a future ballot

Wisconsin’s top Republican wants to let voters decide whether to shrink the window of time in which women can get abortions.

Current state law bans abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, but Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday that he hopes to put a proposal on some future ballot that would lower the limit to somewhere between the 12th and 15th week.

“It’s probably the only way for us to put this issue to rest,” he told The Associated Press. “It has the idea of saying we’re letting the people decide.”