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Right to Life sues to block Michigan's voter-approved abortion rights law (eu.detroitnews.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7982630

Non-Detroit-specific post. Sue me.

Today is just one facepalm after another, folks...

The U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022 ruled abortion laws must be left up to the states, overturning a half-century of federal abortion protections and spurring Michigan voters to approve Proposal 3 in the November 2022 general election, adding the right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy to Michigan's constitution.

In a statement Wednesday, Stacey LaRouche, [Gov. Gretchen] Whitmer's press secretary, said the governor would work to defeat the lawsuit.

"It shouldn’t be lost on people that these right-wing organizations and radical Republicans in the Michigan Legislature are cherry picking courts to try to once again overturn a constitutionally guaranteed right because they can’t win with voters," LaRouche said.

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[–] Motavader 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing announced the litigation Wednesday as several thousand anti-abortion activist protested on the state Capitol grounds.

"The provisions asserted to be unconstitutional under federal law threaten legal protections for pregnant women seeking healthcare, the rights of physicians to care for patients, and the rights of parents already under attack on many fronts," Listing said in a statement. "At issue is also the sweeping disenfranchisement both of Michigan voters and of the authority of the legislature in the days and years ahead.""

What kind of bizarro world bullshit is that? Their own lawsuit is what threatens to disenfranchise voters!