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Bill Chappell

Michigan's abortion ban is draconian and should be vacated, attorney general says

"I refuse to enforce this draconian law," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said of her state's 1931 ban on abortion. She's seen here in 2020. (David Eggert / AP)

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she won't enforce her state's 1931 abortion law — and she's hoping the Michigan Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional, even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down its Roe v. Wade decision.

"I'm very hopeful," Nessel said on NBC's Meet the Press, that Michigan's Supreme Court will find the right to an abortion is assured by the state constitution's equal protection and due process clauses — "even if the United States Supreme Court decides otherwise."

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