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The move has drawn criticism from pro-life groups, including Michigan Right to Life.
Soon after a state appellate court lifted an injunction Monday against Michigan’s law banning most abortions, another Michigan judge granted Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request for a restraining order against the enforcement of the law.
The law, whose current form dates back to 1931, criminalizes abortion except when necessary to save the life of the mother. The law generally has not been enforced since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
On Monday, a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, overturning a controversial preliminary injunction issued by a state claims-court judge in May, said that county prosecutors have the authority to defend and enforce the state’s abortion law.
But later that same day, Michigan circuit Judge James Cunningham granted a new injunction against the law, saying there was a “threat of immediate and irreparable injury to the people of the state of Michigan.”
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Michigan Abortion Law: Enforcement Injunction Overturned, Then Governor Secures Another
Soon after a state appellate court lifted an injunction Monday against Michigan’s law banning most abortions, another Michigan judge granted Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request for a restraining order against the enforcement of the law.
The law, whose current form dates back to 1931, criminalizes abortion except when necessary to save the life of the mother. The law generally has not been enforced since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
On Monday, a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, overturning a controversial preliminary injunction issued by a state claims-court judge in May, said that county prosecutors have the authority to defend and enforce the state’s abortion law.
But later that same day, Michigan circuit Judge James Cunningham granted a new injunction against the law, saying there was a “threat of immediate and irreparable injury to the people of the state of Michigan.”
Continued below.
Michigan Abortion Law: Enforcement Injunction Overturned, Then Governor Secures Another