Roe v. Wade overturned

Jun 24, 2022 | Blog

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion questions for millions in Michigan

June 24, 2022

Millions of Michiganders lost the national right to legal abortions Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, upending nearly 50 years of judicial precedent and changing the dynamics of reproductive health in the country for years to come.  

While abortions are still legal in Michigan, that could change any moment if a temporary injunction blocking the enforcement of a state ban is lifted or otherwise removed.

The 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health obliterates the seminal case that legalized abortion nationally in 1973, Roe v. Wade. In theory, that would mean Michigan’s law criminalizing most abortions is again enforceable: a 1931 statute only allows abortions “necessary to preserve the life of such woman,” a vague standard left untested by doctors and the courts for decades. The law on Michigan’s books does not allow exceptions for cases of rape or incest.  

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Michigan AG Dana Nessel calls overturning Roe v. Wade ‘dangerous precedent”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday slammed the U.S. Supreme Court’s choice to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying it creates “extraordinary upheaval in the American legal system” and puts other rights at risk. 

A temporary injunction is all that keeps abortion legal in the state of Michigan after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overruled the nearly 50-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision that affirmed a constitutional right to abortion. 

The court, in a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, threw the decision of abortion’s legality back to the states. In the Great Lakes state, that means a fierce battle, as an anti-abortion law is already on the books in the form of a 1931 statute that only allows abortions “necessary to preserve the life of such woman.” It does not allow exceptions for cases of rape or incest.  

Lawsuits filed before the ruling by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Planned Parenthood have sought to keep the statute from being enforced and ask courts to find the right to abortion in Michigan’s Constitution. 

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Whitmer speaks out on Roe’s demise 

Savit wasn’t the only one to offer thoughts on the ruling Friday. 

Whitmer, on her personal and professional Twitter accounts, said she will continue to fight the 1931 ban. She called the news Friday “devastating.”

“Women and families should be the ones making decisions about if and when they want to become parents,” she said. “Not politicians. End of story.”

She also issued a statement saying the ruling was made by “an unelected group of conservative judges” and that it doesn’t follow medical expertise. 

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Roe v. Wade ruling: Biden calls abortion decision ‘an extreme and dangerous path’

WASHINGTON – President (I did that) Joe Biden said Friday that “it’s a sad day for the court and the country” after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. But it’s a great day for November?

“Now with Roe gone, let’s be very clear, the health and life of women across this nation are now at risk,” he said from the White House.

He added that “the court has done what it’s never done before — expressly taking away a constitution right that is so fundamental to so many Americans,” he said.

“It just stuns me,” Biden said. “This is a sad day for the country in my view, but it does not mean the fight is over.”

Biden called on Congress to make abortion protections federal law and told voters that “this fall, Roe is on the ballot.”

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; abortion bans anticipated in several states

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, letting the states have the final say, according to the final opinion that was previously leaked but finally issued Friday.

The ruling on a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sets in motion a series of events that will likely lead to abortion being banned or severely restricted in roughly half of the 50 states. 

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization challenged the constitutionality of a Mississippi bill that banned abortion after 15 weeks. 

Conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett agreed with the opinion’s author, Samuel Alito, to overturn both Roe v. Wade and a 1992 decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, that affirmed Roe’s finding of a constitutional right to abortions.

“We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives,” Alito wrote, in an opinion that was very similar to the leaked draft.

Authority to regulate abortion rests with the political branches, not the courts, Alito wrote.

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What Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Means For Michigan

Abortions remain legal in Michigan following a Friday U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade, but the future is uncertain.

A court injuction prevents a dormant abortion ban from 1931 from going into effect and Attorney General Dana Nessel and prosecutors in the state’s most populous counties have said they have no plans to enforce a potential ban. Nessel reiterated that intention in a Friday statement issued following the ruling.

A petition drive is underway for a November ballot measure that would enshrine a right to abortion in the state constitution.

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Biden vows abortion fight, assails ‘extreme’ court ruling

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he would try to preserve access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and he called on Americans to elect more Democrats who would safeguard rights upended by the court’s decision. “This is not over,” he declared.

“Let’s be very clear, the health and life of women across this nation are now at risk,” he said from the White House on what he called “a sad day for the court and the country.”

Biden added that “the court has done what it’s never done before — expressly taking away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans.”

Republicans and conservative leaders celebrated the culmination of a decades-long campaign to undo the nationwide legalization of abortion that began with Roe v. Wade in 1973.

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