Judge strikes down Michigan's 1931 abortion law
(7 Sep 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit - 24 June 2022 1. Various of a protest after the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion ANNOTATION: A Michigan judge has struck down a 91-year-old anti-abortion law, months after suspending it. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit - 7 September 2022 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed White, Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "Judge Elizabeth Gleicher on the Michigan Court of Claims said that a 1931 law that made abortion services a crime is unconstitutional." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit - 24 June 2022 3. A march at the abortion rights protest ANNOTATION: It was long dormant before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit - 24 June 2022 4. A petition signature-gathering effort at the abortion protest ANNOTATION: The 1931 law makes it a crime to perform abortions unless the life of the mother is in danger. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit - 7 September 2022 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed White, Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "There's a lot going on in Michigan courtrooms on this issue. I expect that Republicans in the Legislature will appeal this to a higher court. At the same time, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to reach over all of these lower courts and just settle this matter for good, declare the 1931 law unconstitutional." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Lansing, Michigan - 31 August 2022 6. Exterior of the Michigan Capitol ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Pontiac, Michigan - 21 September 2021 7. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to reporters at the Motor Bella auto show ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Lansing, Michigan - 31 August 2022 8. The Michigan Senate seal is affixed to a wall behind members of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Lansing, Michigan - 11 July 2022 9. A person holds up a placard during a news conference at which organizers of an abortion rights campaign announced they had turned in a record-breaking number of signatures for a ballot initiative ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit - 7 September 2022 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed White, Associated Press: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "At the same time, abortion rights in Michigan could be settled at the ballot box. There is a question that could be on the ballot that would make abortion rights part of the Constitution. The Michigan Supreme Court has to figure out whether this should get on the ballot." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Lansing, Michigan - 31 August 2022 11. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers meets ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit - 24 June 2022 12. The abortion rights protest ANNOTATION: A Friday deadline is looming on that issue. STORYLINE: A judge on Wednesday struck down Michigan's 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it, the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and, possibly, at the ballot box. Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Court of Claims said the law, which was long dormant before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, violates the Michigan Constitution. The decision comes as the Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether to place a proposed amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot that would add abortion rights to the state constitution. A Friday deadline is looming. Supporters submitted more than 700,000 signatures, easily clearing the threshold. But a tie vote by the Board of State Canvassers over spacing issues on the petition has kept it off the ballot so far. Clients are reminded: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
