The Republican-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court accused the court’s liberal majority, all women, of being “driven by their emotions” during oral arguments in an abortion rights case.

Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel has supported Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law but also says voters should decide abortion questions.

Wisconsin will hold a special election to replace a retiring liberal justice on the state Supreme Court. It’s set to be the most expensive state court race in U.S. history—breaking the record for a different Wisconsin Supreme Court seat in 2023,

Schimel spoke out against the four liberal justices during a radio interview, the day after oral arguments in case challenging the state's 1849 abortion ban.