Saying three long-established state abortion regulations, including a 24-hour waiting period, “run roughshod” over Michigan’s constitutionally-guaranteed right to an abortion, a reproductive rights organization has filed suit against the state. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed the lawsuit last week in the Michigan Court of Claims on behalf of Northland Family Planning Centers and Medical […]
An individual’s right to reproductive freedom shall not be denied, burdened, nor infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.
Seems pretty clear to me that the waiting period and proscribed literature are a burden, and that any state interest they serve could be less restrictively fulfilled by normal informed consent rules we already have.
Seems pretty clear to me that the waiting period and proscribed literature are a burden, and that any state interest they serve could be less restrictively fulfilled by normal informed consent rules we already have.