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Four Republicans from Wisconsin have signed onto a legal brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling guaranteeing the right to an abortion.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, and U.S. Reps. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah; Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls; and Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, were among 39 Republican senators and 168 representatives who signed onto a brief on Thursday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider and possibly overturn the 1973 decision.

No congressional Democrats from Wisconsin signed onto the brief, nor did U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay.

A Gallagher spokesman said the congressman “has a consistent pro-life voting record and obviously supports the broader efforts of the brief.”

The lawmakers submitted the brief in the case of June Medical Services LLC v. Gee. The case, which the U.S. Supreme Court will consider this spring, challenges a 2014 Louisiana law, not currently in effect, which required doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital within 30 miles of the facility where the abortion is performed.

If the law is implemented, all of Louisiana’s abortion clinics would close according to local news reports.