Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday asked the Michigan Supreme Court a third time to consider her case challenging Michigan's ban on abortion, arguing this week's confusion over the ability of county prosecutors to enforce the law is evidence of the need for high court intervention.
Whitmer's request comes after the Court of Appeals on Monday ruled a May preliminary injunction stopping enforcement of the ban did not apply to county prosecutors. State officials scrambled to address the decision Monday and ended the day with a temporary restraining order from Oakland County Circuit Court — an order that was extended Wednesday to mid-August.
"Monday's fire drill is yet another example of why the Michigan Supreme Court must act," Whitmer said in a statement Thursday. "A legal patchwork that changes day to day, county to county is untenable. We need certainty that access to abortion is constitutionally protected in Michigan."
