Archaic Michigan law that criminalized abortion struck down

A Michigan judge on Wednesday struck down a 1931 state law that criminalized abortion unless the mother’s life was in danger.

Judge Elizabeth Gleicher of the Court of Claims suspended the law in May, before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June.

The archaic 1931 law goes against the Michigan Constitution which “protects the right of all pregnant people to make autonomous health decisions,” Gleicher wrote in her ruling.

“Exercising the right to bodily integrity means exercising the right to determine when in her life a woman will be best prepared physically, emotionally and financially to be a mother,” she added.