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US judge strikes down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law

Michigan's decades-old abortion law, which was long dormant before the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June, violates the Michigan Constitution, the judge wrote [File: Liliana Salgado/Reuters]

A judge in the United States has struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it, the latest development over abortion rights in a US state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and, possibly, at the ballot box.

The law, which was long dormant before the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June, violates the Michigan Constitution, Judge Elizabeth Gleicher said on Wednesday.

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