Abortion protesters attend a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, on June 24, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Abortion protesters attend a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Michigan, on June 24, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Enforcement of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban was blocked Wednesday by a judge who replaced her temporary injunction with a permanent injunction.
Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Michigan Court of Claims ruled that the Michigan Constitution’s due process clause is broad enough to cover reproductive rights.
“The Michigan Constitution protects the right of all pregnant people to make autonomous health decisions,” she wrote, and later: “Exercising the right to physical integrity means exercising the right to determine when in her life a woman may be physically and best prepared emotionally and financially to be a mother.”
Gleicher’s first temporary injunction predates the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
dr. Sarah Wallett, the chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of Michigan, says this means protecting abortion rights while many lawsuits are still pending.
