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(LifeSiteNews) — A judge temporarily blocked enforcement of Michigan’s pre-Roe abortion ban upon the request of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
After a state court ruled August 1 that local prosecutors could enforce the 1931 ban, Judge Jacob Cunningham issued a temporary restraining order later that day to block the law’s enforcement, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Cunningham wrote that “(Whitmer) has established that (prosecutors’) public statements that they will consider a case against an abortion provider should a law enforcement officer bring one to them,” along the Michigan Court of Appeals’ affirmation of their ability to prosecute abortion, “poses a threat of immediate and irreparable injury to the people of the State of Michigan.”
The Court of Appeals had ruled earlier in the day that county prosecutors are not bound by Judge Elizabeth Gleicher’s May 17, 2022 preliminary injunction intended to block enforcement of the abortion ban, prompting Whitmer to
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