Judge blocks Michigan's abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights

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A judge has blocked Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions and some other abortion-related provisions. Judge Sima Patel says they conflict with a 2022 voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees abortion rights. The judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.

The waiting period “forces needless delay on patients after they are able to consent to a procedure, thus burdening and infringing upon a patient’s access to abortion care,” said Judge Sima Patel of the Court of Claims.

The judge also stopped Michigan’s requirement that only a physician can perform an abortion, noting that it excluded qualified nurses, physician assistants and nurse midwives.

 

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