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A DRILL Inside Michigan’s battle to protect the right to abortion: From the governor’s office to the streets, it’s an all-handson-deck moment as the U.S. Supreme Court could soon take reproductive rights back to 1931 By Steve Neavling, Lee DeVito, and Randiah Camille Green
The clock is ticking on five decades of abortion rights in Michigan. But advocates of reproductive autonomy aren’t going down without a fight. Michigan is one of 26 states with laws banning abortion that would go back into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision in 1973 that established the right for people to terminate their pregnancy. The case invalidated Michigan’s 1931 ban on abortions.
But now, according to a leaked draft decision from the U.S. Supreme Court published last week, five conservative justices are poised to reverse constitutional protections for abortion, arguing that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. When the final decision is released, Michiganders outraged at the leaked Supreme Court memo take to the streets in downtown Detroit on Saturday.
14 May 11-17, 2022 | metrotimes.com
MARK KLOCKOW
