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Whitmer’s abortion lawsuit dismissed after voters approved amendment
A lawsuit that helped hold abortions legal and obtainable in Michigan for months is no far more. The Michigan Supreme Court docket on Friday formally dismissed the abortion-relevant lawsuit filed final yr by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer asked the court to close the scenario, noting she’d withdrawn the relevant lawsuit in Oakland County earlier this thirty day period just after voters overwhelmingly permitted a new condition constitutional modification that accomplished the very same objectives as her lawsuit. “On November 8, 2022, Michigan voters went to the polls and accepted Proposal 3, the Appropriate to Reproductive Independence Initiative, which codified reproductive legal rights, including abortion rights, in the Michigan Constitution,” notes…


