Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday she filed a lawsuit 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.
Whitmer said she would use her executive authority to seek immediate intervention from the Michigan Supreme Court, rather than go through the lower state courts first.
A copy of the lawsuit, which was filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, was not immediately available. The lawsuit names county prosecutors who may be called on to enforce the 1931 law in counties where abortion clinics are present.
