Dana Nessel: Even if Roe v Wade was overturned, I would never prosecute a woman getting an abortion

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday she would not enforce a state abortion ban if federal protections are overturned, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she would veto any new anti-abortion legislation that reaches her desk.

The first-term Democrats promised a dramatically new approach to abortion and reproductive rights in Michigan during separate speeches at a Planned Parenthood of Michigan conference in Lansing.

“You’ve got a powerful backstop in a veto from my office,” Whitmer said. “But the goal is not just to stop bad things from happening. It’s to set an agenda that respects women and girls and family planning.”

Nessel, the state's top law enforcement officer, pledged to ignore an existing state law banning abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a scenario she said is now “likely” because of new justices appointed by President Donald Trump. “I will never prosecute a woman or her doctor for making the difficult decision to terminate a pregnancy,” Nessel said to applause.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/04/16/nessel-id-never-enforce-michigan-abortion-ban/3487903002/

[catbyte]

1. We did good in 2018.

[DirtEdonE]

2. But if repubicans are in power again what happens?

Women in prisons for daring to choose to control their own reproductive future.

I have to ask once again, when are we going to lock up the men who get them pregnant in the first place? What gives these men the right to force women to be a human version of a 3D printer?

Why not advance reproductive science to the point where men can carry their own children, force them into unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, THEN ask them how they feel about abortion!

[llmart]

3. So impressed with these two women.

So glad I voted for both of them.

We need to take back Michigan's legislature.

[DownriverDem]

6. Me too

We sure do need to take back the State House and Senate.

[DownriverDem]

4. Love my Attorney General

Prior to the Midterms Michigan was controlled totally by repubs. Now we still have repub control of the State House and Senate but by less of a margin. The top is all Dems - Governor, Lt Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State. Except for the Lt Governor, they are all women too. We have one hell of a fight here.

[AlexSFCA]

5. Correct me if I'm wrong, overturning Roe v wade

would simply grant states the authority to determine what to do with abortions? That means nothing will change in blue states? And if we get dem president and congress, we can pass federal law that would bar prosecution of women and doctors?
I do beleive Roe will be overturned before 2020 election which may energize both gop and dem voters for prez election.

[DownriverDem]

7. Yes, but

Prior to the Midterms, Michigan repubs passed a law to go along if Roe v Wade is overturned. So in many ways Michigan is blue (Our senators are Dems), but we still have a repub House and Senate.

[CaptYossarian]

8. Just do what Republican women do.

They have their doctor write "D & C" on the report and have the procedure (abortion) covered by insurance. This has been happening way before Roe.