Michigan Judge Blocks Enforcement Of Abortion Ban

The Detroit News reports:

An Oakland County judge ruled Friday that county prosecutors cannot enforce the state’s 1931 abortion law as courts consider a Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban as unconstitutional, a decision that two GOP county prosecutors plan to appeal.

Oakland Circuit Court Judge Jacob Cunningham’s preliminary injunction means abortion will likely remain legal in Michigan until Whitmer’s case or a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood in the Michigan Court of Appeals is fully resolved.

Circuit Court Judge Jacob Cunningham said the harm of allowing prosecutors to criminalize abortions could not be “more real, clear, present and dangerous.” The 1931 abortion ban doesn’t pass constitutional muster in the state, he said.

Read the full article. Attorneys for a local anti-abortion group say they will appeal.

This is a win for Michigan women and their families. https://t.co/E2dZVUNyc9

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