[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
September 14, 2022
From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Michigan Judge Rules Abortion Ban Violates Women’s Equal Rights, Bodily Integrity and Dignity [[link removed]]
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Protesters march through downtown Detroit on May 7, 2022—five days after the Dobbs leaked opinion—in support of Roe v. Wade. (Matthew Hatcher / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Sept. 7, Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled that the state’s 1931 abortion ban violates the Michigan Constitution because it “would deprive pregnant women of their right to bodily integrity and autonomy, and the equal protection of the law.” Gleicher issued a permanent injunction blocking Michigan’s anti-abortion prosecutors from enforcing the law.
“This is a historic victory for patients and providers in Michigan who have been forced to live under the threat of an archaic criminal abortion ban since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “By permanently blocking the 1931 law criminalizing abortion, Michigan’s Court of Claims has protected the continuity of care that Michiganders have enjoyed for nearly half a century and ensured that no overzealous prosecutor can come between a patient, their provider, and their health care.”
Planned Parenthood of Michigan and its chief medical operating officer Dr. Sarah Wallett filed the lawsuit challenging the abortion ban in April against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. On May 17, Gleicher entered a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law until a hearing on the merits. Nessel, who has stated she will not enforce Michigan’s abortion ban should it take effect, did not appeal the preliminary injunction.
The Republican-controlled Michigan House and Senate then intervened as defendants in the lawsuit, arguing that abortion was a “medically unnecessary procedure.” The ban made all forms of abortion a felony and had no exceptions for life or health of the patient, nor for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
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Abortion Rights Could Hang in the Balance in State Judge Races This November [[link removed]] New California Law Protects Digital Privacy of Abortion Seekers Nationwide [[link removed]]
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Medical Care and Civil Rights Organizations File Lawsuits Against Indiana Abortion Ban [[link removed]] Dark Money Anti-Abortion Groups Peddle the Absurd Idea That a Post-Roe World Empowers Women [[link removed]]
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Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week:
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