The 1931 law makes it a crime to perform abortions unless the life of the pregnant person is in danger.
. Though it's likely to face an appeal, Wednesday's decision does not affect abortion access; it simply permanently blocks the ban.By criminalizing abortion, the ban "prevents a woman who seeks to exercise a constitutional right from controlling her ability to work or to go to school, and thereby determining for herself the shape of her present and future life," Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth L. Gleicher wrote in the opinion.
The state's Constitution "does not permit the Legislature to impose unjustifiable burdens on different classes of pregnant women. It also forbids treating pregnant women as unequal to men in terms of their ability to make personal decisions about when and whether to be a parent," Gleicher said.
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