The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that “a court order that sought to bar enforcement of a dormant law criminalizing most abortions in Michigan does not apply to county prosecutors,” the Detroit Free Press reports.
“The massively consequential ruling means the 1931 law banning all abortions except those done to protect the life of a pregnant person essentially takes effect immediately.”
Ever since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, Michigan’s Democratic officials have insisted that abortion remains legal there. Not anymore.
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