Abortion in Michigan to remain legal as judge blocks enforcement of state’s 1931 abortion ban

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FILE - In this Friday, June 24, 2022, file photo, abortion rights protesters cheer at a rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, that county prosecutors can enforce the state's 91-year-old abortion ban, paving the way for abortion to become illegal in parts of the state.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) (Paul Sancya/AP) Abortion in Michigan will remain legal for now after a judge Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on the procedure.
After two days of witness testimony, Oakland County Judge Jacob Cunningham ruled that enforcing the ban would “send the health care system into crisis, the extreme costs of which would then be put on the women of our great state and, not lost on the court, without any repercussion for the men who, without a doubt, are a necessary component to create a pregnancy.”