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On the recordJune 24, 2022
It is -- it is on appeal. So, it is a precarious moment. We could revert 91 years if we lose that injunction. I`ve also filed a lawsuit in our state Supreme Court to ask our court to declare that in the Michigan Constitution, women have a due process and equal protection, right to privacy and bodily autonomy.
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Gretchen Whitmer
Democratic · Michigan
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msnbc.com

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Gretchen Whitmer addresses the legal status of abortion in Michigan and the potential consequences of losing an injunction against a 1931 law.

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