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Judge Strikes Down 1931 Michigan Law Criminalizing Abortion
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A judge has struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it. Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Court of Claims said the law violates the Michigan Constitution. It was long dormant before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
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A judge has struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it. Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Court of Claims said the law violates the Michigan Constitution. It was long dormant before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
The decision comes as the Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether to place a proposed amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot that would add abortion rights to the state constitution.
A Michigan court has struck down a 1931 law banning abortion which had been dormant until the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, sending the abortion debate to the states.
Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher issued an opinion Wednesday permanently barring enforcement of Michigan’s long-dormant abortion ban, although appeals are expected.
A Michigan judge on Wednesday struck down the state’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it, saying that the law is a violation of the Michigan state constitution's right to due process because it "compels motherhood."
A 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.
A Michigan judge has struck down a long-dormant law that criminalized abortion. The Michigan Supreme Court will decide this week whether to add a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights to the Nov. 8 ballot.
A Michigan judge has declared a 1931 state law banning most abortions unconstitutional, months after the U S Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide
The ruling was the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and could go before voters this November.
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Michigan state court on Wednesday declared Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban unconstitutional and blocked it from being enforced, allowing abortion to remain legal in the state.
Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, ruling that the state’s constitution protects reproductive rights, thereby banning enforcement of the 1931 law that blocked abortion access. While there are still a number of lawsuits pending across the state regarding reproductive rights, many are…
