6 michigan MEDICINE® | Sept / Oct 2022 Current State of Michigan’s Abortion Laws By Daniel J. Schulte, JD, MSMS Legal Counsel Q: Can you explain the current state of Michigan’s abortion laws? In addition to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, I have been reading about more than one Michigan case involving injunctions. Is abortion now legal in Michigan? ASK OUR LAWYER In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and held that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Abortion procedures are now regulated by state law. State legislatures are free to enact, repeal, or revise existing abortion laws or to enact new abortion laws. State abortion laws (including the Michigan laws described on the next page) that were unenforceable prior to the overturning of Roe are now enforceable (absent court orders preventing their enforcement).
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