Michigan 1931 Abortion Ban Is Permanently Blocked by Judge (1)

Abortion remains legal in Michigan after a judge permanently blocked enforcement of a 91-year-old ban that could have become law following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher issued the decision Wednesday in a victory for the nonprofit group Planned Parenthood. The ban, which was opposed in a separate lawsuit by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was on hold after a temporary ruling. The state’s Republican-dominated legislature intervened to support enforcement of the statute after Michigan’s Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, opposed it.

The decision barring the law’s enforcement, which ...