When Roe v Wade was overturned, an old Michigan law passed in 1931 arose from the dead. It seems they never bothered to repeal it, so it's still on the books. A proposal on the ballot of the coming election seeks to remedy the problem by enshrining the right to abortion in the Michigan State Constitution. I thought from the beginning that it would be sufficient to just repeal the 1931 law, but nobody cares what I think. Now it comes out that more things than abortion are prohibited by the 1931 law, and the proposed amendment does not address most of them. So, if the proposal passes, it will be legal to have an abortion in Michigan, but illegal to commit adultery, cohabitation, seduction, sodomy, blasphemy, and my personal favorite: "The publication or sale within this state of any circular, pamphlet or book containing recipes or prescriptions in indecent or obscene language for the cure of chronic female complaints or private diseases....."
Michigan abortion law also bans cohabitation, adultery & blasphemy (cheboygannews.com)
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