May 9, 2022 05:29 AM
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2022 05:33 AM by C C.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/state-at...mes-2022-5
EXCERPTS: As anti-abortion laws pass nationwide, state attorneys vow not to prosecute abortion-related crimes. Michigan's Attorney General and District Attorneys in Louisiana and North Carolina have spoken out against the laws.
[...] "As attorney general, I have statewide jurisdiction. I ran on a platform of understanding that likely during the course of my term, Roe v. Wade would be overturned," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel told Meet the Press on Sunday.
A 1931 law would make abortion in Michigan a felony if Roe is overturned. The law is one of 13 "trigger laws" banning abortion which would become enforceable should federal protections established by Roe v. Wade be rolled back.
"And this incredibly draconian and strict 1931 law would criminalize abortion in this state with virtually no exceptions — no exception for rape, for incest, no exception for medical emergencies," Nessel said.
"And understanding that the lives of our 2.2 million women who are of childbearing age in this state, their lives would be at risk," Nessel added. "I refuse to enforce this draconian law that will endanger their lives and put in jeopardy the health, safety and welfare of the lives of each and every woman in the state of Michigan."
[...] Michigan's Attorney General is not alone in refusing to enforce anti-abortion laws... (MORE - missing details)
May 8 - Because "Mother's Day" and abortion go together like salt & pepper, pen & paper, Bert & Ernie, etc
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9pFGiBPw7LQ
EXCERPTS: As anti-abortion laws pass nationwide, state attorneys vow not to prosecute abortion-related crimes. Michigan's Attorney General and District Attorneys in Louisiana and North Carolina have spoken out against the laws.
[...] "As attorney general, I have statewide jurisdiction. I ran on a platform of understanding that likely during the course of my term, Roe v. Wade would be overturned," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel told Meet the Press on Sunday.
A 1931 law would make abortion in Michigan a felony if Roe is overturned. The law is one of 13 "trigger laws" banning abortion which would become enforceable should federal protections established by Roe v. Wade be rolled back.
"And this incredibly draconian and strict 1931 law would criminalize abortion in this state with virtually no exceptions — no exception for rape, for incest, no exception for medical emergencies," Nessel said.
"And understanding that the lives of our 2.2 million women who are of childbearing age in this state, their lives would be at risk," Nessel added. "I refuse to enforce this draconian law that will endanger their lives and put in jeopardy the health, safety and welfare of the lives of each and every woman in the state of Michigan."
[...] Michigan's Attorney General is not alone in refusing to enforce anti-abortion laws... (MORE - missing details)
May 8 - Because "Mother's Day" and abortion go together like salt & pepper, pen & paper, Bert & Ernie, etc