Judge strikes down 1931 Michigan law criminalizing abortion.
DETROIT — A judge on Wednesday struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it, the latest development over The law, which was long dormant before violates the Michigan Constitution, said Judge Elizabeth Gleicher.
The decision comes as the Michigan Supreme Court still is considering whether to place a proposed amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot that would add abortion rights to the state constitution. A Friday deadline is looming. by the Board of State Canvassers over spacing issues on the petition has kept it off the ballot so far.
The judge found the law “compels motherhood” and prevents a woman from determining the “shape of her present and future life.”
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Judge strikes down 1931 Michigan law criminalizing abortionA judge on Wednesday struck down Michigan's 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it, the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and, possibly, at the ballot box. The law, which was long dormant before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, violates the Michigan Constitution, said Judge Elizabeth Gleicher. “A law denying safe, routine medical care not only denies women of their ability to control their bodies and their lives — it denies them of their dignity,” Gleicher of the Court of Claims wrote.
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