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UPDATE: A judge ruled that Michigan's 1931 abortion ban violated the state's constitution, striking

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UPDATE: A judge ruled that Michigan's 1931 abortion ban violated the state's constitution, striking down the law that had previously been blocked.






https://news.yahoo.com/michigans-90-old-abortion-ban-193912610.html

(Reuters) - A 1931 Michigan law banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest violates the state's constitution, a state court judge ruled Wednesday, barring any prosecutors from enforcing it.

Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Michigan Court of Claims found that Michigan's constitution guarantees a right to bodily autonomy including abortion. The ruling is a victory for providers including a Planned Parenthood affiliate, which had sued to block the law.

"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 wrote.

Leaders of the state's Republican-controlled legislature, which defended the law, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The ruling came as Michigan's Supreme Court was facing a Friday deadline to decide whether an amendment to legalize abortion statewide will appear on ballots in November.
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The radicalized Republican party does not want voters interfering with their agenda. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #1
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1. The radicalized Republican party does not want voters interfering with their agenda.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 06:36 PM
Sep 2022

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against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
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