Michigan law restricting the ability of women to direct a loved one to carry out their end-of-life decisions if they’re pregnant were struck down for violating a state constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights.
“There are no circumstances” where the pregnancy restrictions on decisions by “patient advocates” comply with the Michigan Constitution, state Court of Claims Judge Sima G. Patel wrote Thursday as she barred enforcement of them. “Preventing individuals who are capable of becoming pregnant from making informed advanced decisions about their healthcare runs afoul of the fundamental right to reproductive freedom enshrined in the Michigan Constitution.”
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