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Abortion remains legal in Michigan
Abortion remains legal in Michigan as judge rules county prosecutors cannot charge providers with a felony.
PONTIAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - On Friday, a judge upheld the injunction. Read the court's ruling here.
An Oakland County judge will deliver his ruling on a key abortion hearing Friday when court resumes in a case over an injunction blocking the state's ban on the procedure.
Judge Jacob Cunningham will announce his decision at 10:30 a.m. FOX 2 will stream the announcement live.
The ruling follows two days of arguments and testimony between in Pontiac after the governor sued county prosecutors who are seeking to enforce Michigan's 1931-era law that bans abortion without exception for rape or incest.
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Key abortion ruling in Michigan to be announced Friday
An Oakland County judge is expected to announce his decision concerning an injunction blocking the statewide ban on abortion in Michigan Friday. That follows two days of testimony from the state and county prosecutors who want to enforce the ban.
The hearing is the latest development in a legal back-and-forth between advocates and opponents of abortion during a tumultuous summer that started with the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Since then, it's become an election-defining issue.
Cunningham's ruling likely won't be the last development in the debate over abortion. A petition that would enshrine the procedure in the Michigan constitution is likely to make the November ballot.
Circuit Court Judge Jacob Cunningham
It received a record-number of signatures before qualifying for the ballot, a sign of the energy behind the issue.
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