A judge blocked enforcement of a 1931 Michigan ban on abortion Monday, just hours after the state Court of Appeals said county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibition following the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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Michigan Appeals Court Says Counties Can Enforce Abortion Ban
County prosectors in Michigan can enforce a 91-year-old abortion ban, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
The 1931 law criminalizes the act of performing an abortion — by both physicians as well as pregnant people who use abortion medications — in all cases except to “preserve the life” of the mother.