{"id":1468183,"date":"2022-05-08T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468183"},"modified":"2022-05-08T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T20:59:40","slug":"democratic-michigan-ag-attacks-1931-pro-life-law-republicans-women-in-my-stateare-going-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-michigan-ag-attacks-1931-pro-life-law-republicans-women-in-my-stateare-going-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Michigan AG Attacks 1931 Pro-Life Law, Republicans: \u2018Women In My State\u2026Are Going To Die\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-michigan-ag-attacks-1931-pro-life-law-republicans-women-in-my-stateare-going-to-die%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1468183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1230126234.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she will refuse to enforce a Michigan law banning abortions. She then attacked Republicans, claiming the pro-life position would put women\u2019s lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Chuck Todd on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-michigan-ag-women-are-going-to-die-if-roe-is-overturned\/551301983\">Meet the Press<\/a>\u201d Sunday, Nessel said she would not enforce a 1931 Michigan law outlawing abortions in almost all cases, claiming that reinstating the law would lead to doctors not giving women medical care after a miscarriage for fear of being prosecuted, and would put women\u2019s lives in danger.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs attorney general, I have statewide jurisdiction,\u201d Nessel began. \u201cAnd I ran on a platform of understanding that likely during the course of my term, <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> would be overturned. And this incredibly draconian and strict 1931 law would criminalize abortion in this state with virtually no exceptions \u2013 no exception for rape, for incest, no exception for medical emergencies. And understanding that the lives of our 2.2 million women who are of childbearing age in this state, their lives would be at risk. I refuse to enforce this draconian law that will endanger their lives and put in jeopardy the health, safety and welfare of the lives of each and every woman in the state of Michigan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nessel told Todd that the law does not make exceptions for medical emergencies, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/07\/whitmer-sues-abortion-law-governors-00023649\">Politico<\/a> reported in April: \u201cThe Michigan law bans abortion at any stage of pregnancy, <em>with an exception for the health of a woman<\/em> but not for cases of rape or incest.\u201d [emphasis added]\n<p>Todd then asked about a particular provision in the law banning the sale of abortifacient drugs. Nessel claimed that the law would not only punish abortion and abortion medication providers, but also the women who get them: \u201c<span>we\u2019re talking about not just throwing providers and anybody who works with a provider, under aiding and abetting theories, in prison, but also women themselves, who procured abortion through abortion medication,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Todd continued by asking whether the law would ban medical care for women who miscarry. \u201c<span>Does this [law] mean a doctor cannot perform the procedure that\u2019s necessary, essentially, when you\u2019ve identified a miscarriage? It seems to me that some OBGYNs are going to think they are committing a crime if they essentially just do what most doctors would do right there, which is [Dilation and Curettage].\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nessel responded, claiming that because the Dilation and Curettage procedure is the same process for both miscarried and aborted fetuses, doctors will \u201cbe so afraid\u201d of being investigated and prosecuted that the law will have a chilling effect on medical care. \u201c[I<span>t] will have a chilling effect, and you won\u2019t have basic medical health care that is required for women not to have extreme health problems or even die,\u201d Nessel claimed. \u201cDoctors simply are not going to perform those procedures anymore because they don\u2019t want to go to prison for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Todd concluded the interview by pointing out that Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/whitmer-files-lawsuit-challenging-1931-pro-life-law\">lawsuit<\/a> in April challenging the law in the state Supreme Court, as did Planned Parenthood, and abortion activists in the state have organized a <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/ballot-drive-protect-abortion-rights-launched-michigan-82135201\">petition<\/a> to put an amendment to the state constitution codifying abortion rights on the ballot in 2022. \u201c<span>What is the, what is the safest way to protect abortion rights in Michigan right now, of those three paths?\u201d Todd asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>Well, firstly, I think each and every eligible voter in the state should be signing on to the you know, Reproductive Rights for All petition, and then coming to the polls and voting on it in November and voting for every pro-choice Democrat up and down the ticket, whether it\u2019s for federal office or for state office,\u201d Nessel replied. She also expressed her belief that the court would rule in favor of abortion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She then attacked Republicans, again claiming that the pro-life position would put women\u2019s lives at risk: \u201c<\/span><span>the radical and extremist position of the Republicans in our state and all around the country completely contradicts what the public wants, and it really does place the lives of women in jeopardy,\u201d Nessel said. \u201cLet\u2019s be clear: women in my state, and in states all over America are going to die because of this position.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she will refuse to enforce a Michigan law banning abortions. 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