Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed lawsuit Thursday challenging Michigan's 1931 ban on abortion in anticipation that the U.S. Supreme Court will potentially overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that enshrined abortion as a constitutional right.
Her lawsuit was filed almost in tandem with a similar suit by Planned Parenthood of Michigan.
The suits contain similar arguments but differ in that Planned Parenthood's litigation was filed in the Michigan Court of Claims, while Whitmer filed in Oakland County Circuit Court and is using her executive authority to seek immediate intervention from the Michigan Supreme Court.
