It’s also the only one of those states where a coalition of groups has undertaken a ballot initiative to try to establish the right, and indeed expand it, in the state constitution.
Michigan would be one of 26 states that would be certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe were reversed. But I don’t feel I should tell someone else what to do,” said Morris. “If you don’t want to do any of these options, that’s obviously your prerogative. Without the protections provided by Roe, a criminal abortion ban dating back to 1846 would reanimate, making abortion punishable as manslaughter in a state that 2.2 million women of reproductive age call home. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Library of MichiganĪ leaked supreme court draft opinion showed the court is on the precipice of reversing Roe v Wade, a landmark ruling that in 1973 invalidated dozens of state abortion bans, including in Michigan.
