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Posted on 05/19/2025 10:32:24 AM PDT by Morgana
A Michigan judge struck down several abortion-related laws last week, including a 24-hour waiting period, mandatory informed consent requirements, and a law prohibiting non-physicians from committing abortions.
Judge Sima Patel ruled that all three laws are now unconstitutional given the state’s adoption of an amendment that declared abortion to be a constitutional “right.”
Following the amendment’s passage, Northland Family Planning Centers and a group called Medical Students for Choice filed a lawsuit calling for the overturning of the laws. In 2024, Patel placed a preliminary injunction on each of the laws. At that time, she said a 24-hour waiting period “exacerbates the burdens that patients experience seeking abortion care,” and that the law requiring that only doctors commit abortions “exacerbates existing provider shortages, leading to large swathes of Michigan that currently lack physicians to provide abortion care.”
“Michiganders have the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including the right to abortion care, and the state cannot deny, burden or infringe upon this freedom barring a compelling state interest to protect the health of the individual seeking care,” Patel said in her ruling.
Michigan Governor Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was “overjoyed” that the ruling removed “obstacles” to accessing abortion.
“I’m overjoyed to say that the Michigan Court of Claims has seen these restrictive provisions for what they are: an unconstitutional overreach that infringes on our constitutional right to make our own reproductive health decisions,” she said on X.
Many readers had an unfavorable response to the news, questioning how a 24-hour waiting period for a life-ending decision was too much to ask. “A whole 24 hours was too long to wait to make a life changing decision?” one asked, adding, “This isn’t care, [it] is unsafe enabling… be honest for once and just call it on demand abortion access.”
Another pointed out that abortion clearly isn’t being treated just like any other ‘health care’, stating, “Waiting 24 hours? How was that a hardship? I have to wait weeks and more to access medical care.”
Another asked, “Then why do I have to wait to buy a handgun? I’m trying to protect myself, but the innocent baby can’t protect itself….” The commenter below remarked on the removal of only doctors as providers, writing, “By her logic, a hobbyist at a gun show is the same as a licensed dealer.”
Another said, “Honestly, a 24 hour wait period seems reasonable to me. This is a huge decision. One some girls may regret for the rest of their lives. Calling it healthcare really irks me. It’s not healthcare. It’s an abortion. And it’s a really sad thing. Ask me how I know.”
Another got to the heart of the matter with sarcasm, adding, “Kill those babies faster, right? Who needs to thoroughly consider a life ending procedure, right?”
Though the lawsuit named Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Nessel expressed her support in overturning the laws. Last week she praised Patel’s ruling. “The court has rightly recognized that these provisions did nothing but burden and obstruct access to abortion care,” she said in a statement. “This ruling affirms what Michiganders made clear when they voted to enshrine a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in our state constitution: that deeply personal medical decisions belong to individuals and their providers.”
Right to Life of Michigan warned that without these laws in place, women (not just their preborn children) are put at greater risk.
“The Michigan Court of Claims ill-fated ruling is an immediate threat to the health and safety of women across our state. The overturn of informed consent for women considering an abortion flies in the face of both common-sense medical practice and the democratic process,” the organization said in a statement.
“Abortion is the only medical procedure of its kind in which the patient now is expected to go in blind. There is no question that women are at greater risk when they enter an abortion clinic in Michigan today than they were even a few years ago.”
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You get to kill a baby, you get to kill a baby, everyone gets to kill a baby.
I would ask, “how does Whitmer look at herself in the mirror?” But then since she has no reflection I guess the answer is moot.
Judge Sima Patel ruled that all three laws are now unconstitutional given the state’s adoption of an amendment that declared abortion to be a constitutional “right.” A constitutional right to murder babies huh?
Guess there’s only one constitutional right that “shall not be infringed”
(Even though It’s not in the constitution)
Vampires dont show up in mirrors
Shes not going to ever change. Sh will be like the women who cry because they got caught, not because they are actually sorry for what they did.
[...ruled that all three laws are now unconstitutional given the state’s adoption of an amendment that declared abortion to be a constitutional “right.”]
Now do gun laws.
What is this “reproductive freedom”? nonsensical joke? These are the same people who accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza and are blind to the genocide of innocent children, over 65 million.
It’s expected from democrat ran states they have the thrill of the kill it’s power to them.
Maybe this Indian judge will strike down all the gun laws too on the same basis. /S
When do American babies acquire Constitutional protection? When do babies become American Citizens? Is a premature baby a nonentity? In Va. babies can be killed during the first month of life with a functioning brain and beating heart, I think, at least I think that has been proposed.
Sima Patel is a Democrat stooge of the Michigan 2nd District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on March 1, 2022. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Patel ran in a special election for stooge of the Michigan 2nd District Court of Appeals. She won in the special general election on November 8, 2022.
Bring out your stooges...
Considering who aborts the most, it should be:
You get to kill a negro baby, you get to kill a negro baby, everyone gets to kill a negro baby.
Gretchen Whitmer is EVIL. face-WORDS-deeds
Whew. Thank goodness. Now Michigan men can continue to have casual sex without repercussion or responsibility.
Sooooo... you cannot put limitations and delays and waits on anything that is considered a Right? Well now, let’s look at all of those gun laws for a moment...
And a law requiring the person cutting into the mother to be a qualified doctor is NOT protecting the health of the individual seeking "care"?!?!?!?
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