Legal Opinion
Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. v. Cox
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 4, 2007No. 05-2417, 05-2418PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
The Michigan Attorney General appeals the district court’s decision declaring unconstitutional a state law that regulates abortion methods. Because we find that Michigan’s law fails to comply with the explicit limitations that the Supreme Court has established for statutes regulating abortion, we agree with the district court’s disposition, and affirm.
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In 2004, after a proposal by a citizen initiative petition, the Michigan Legislature passed the Legal Birth Definition Act. The purpose of the Act was to prohibit the practice colloquially referred to…
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