91 Year Old Michigan Abortion Law Temporarily Put On Hold.

May 17, 2022 Glen Turpening

An abortion law in Michigan that would outlaw the practice, if the Supreme Court strikes down ‘Roe V. Wade’, was blocked by a judge. (Detroit Free Press)

A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against Michigan's 1931 abortion law, finding Planned Parenthood is likely to prevail in a lawsuit saying the law violates the state constitution. Judge Elizabeth Gleicher granted the injunction sought by Planned Parenthood of Michigan in a lawsuit brought against the state attorney general. "As of the date this opinion is issued, it is unknown whether the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade," leaving the 1931 state law, which bans abortions except to save the life of the mother, the law in Michigan, Gleicher wrote. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule any day in a Mississippi case that may overturn nearly 50 years of abortion precedent. A leaked copy of a draft opinion in the case indicated a majority of justices were prepared to overturn Roe, in effect ending the national right to an abortion and leaving the legality of abortions up to each state.

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Abortion rights are going to become regional if the Supreme Court overturns ‘Roe V. Wade’ next month. Large swaths of the nation will no longer have abortion providers serving their residents and those seeking abortion will have to live in a dark blue state or be willing to travel to one. Michigan already has a law that would immediately take effect that bans all abortions unless the Judge’s ruling is extended indefinitely.