was going to be leaked. why did you feel it necessary to do it then as opposed to wait for a supreme court decision on roe v. wade? well, for many reasons but the main reason is because our governor is so invested in this issue and we want to make sure that she understood that the six of us would certainly support her position in every way in this matter. you have publicly declared your support for roe v. wade, you pled that you won t prosecute the doctors and people who work at clinics for performing abortions if the law comes back into play, if roe v. wade is struck down and your anti-abortion law in michigan now takes precedence. are you concerned that michiganders, even those within wayne county, could be investigated or arrested if that law, that 1931 law comes back to life in michigan? well, i hope not because i have the criminal jurisdiction in wayne county. and i can t speak about how other prosecutors, other counties that are not one of the six of us will do but again th
going of some creative legal thinkers in the states. let s take a look at michigan which appears to be turning into kind of a test lab for states to get around the court s decision and protect the rights to obtain an abortion at the state level. michigan like most states has a lot of cookie laws that are still on the books, vestiges from a different time. for example, did you know that in the city of grand haven, michigan, it is illegal to throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or sidewalk? it is also apparently illegal to let your pig run free down the streets in detroit, if it does not have its nose pierced. but who even has a pig without its nose pierced. and according to michigan law, it is illegal to obtain an abortion under any circumstances still right now today. that law was passed in 1931. and it remains on the books. now, when you break the law, due get magically teleported to
longer an abstraction, and by the time this becomes a valid initiative if you get the 425,000 signatures it may be a reality if roe v. wade is overturned because this is a november ballot initiative. what happens if it doesn t pass? you know, that is, that s a question mark, right now, you sort of talked a lot about all of the things that we re doing, in our state, to protect access to abortion for the 2.2 pregnant capable people who this law would ultimately impact. so for women, and people who can get pregnant, that would have devastating effects on them. what happens if this doesn t get passed, right now, we are exploring a, this ballot measure, as we have been talking about, but planned parenthood of michigan has also filed a lawsuit, where we re asking the court to step in and to strike down the law. worst case scenario, if none of
prin, you have to be charged with a crime, you have to be prosecuted, that is why if you decide to chuck your hoop skirt on your sidewalk in front of your house in michigan tomorrow, no one is coming to arrest you, no prosecutor in their right mind would try that case in 2022, the same reason that michigan has two dozen clinics that provide abortion all over the state even though it is technically against the law in michigan. roe v. wade made that michigan law unenforceable. but when roe gets knocked down as signaled by the draft opinion from the supreme court, that opens the door for prosecutors to enforce that michigan law. the second that the supreme court issues that opinion. but of course, just like with the pigs, who don t have nose peerings, or the hoop skirts littering michigan sidewalks, doing that, prosecuting that, is up to the prosecutors. the prosecutor in michigan s largest county, wayne county, which is home to detroit, says if and when roe is struck down,
is a very restrictive law as nicole said, and you can say a patient, a doctor, a nurse, a health provider, can face up to four years in prison, under the current law that s almost a century old, as you said. and also, it does not give any provision or exemption for victims of rape and incest. and as someone who has peered into the eyes of year, hundreds and hundreds of victims of rape and incest, i cannot believe that people want to enter into their trauma and try to dictate their lives as well. so in wayne county, that will not be the case. and i am going to do everything that i can to support the victims that will probably be here, but i support the attorney general, the governor and i want to make sure that this is, all of my resources, to make sure that this law is repealed. let me ask you, because i got you here and i think it would help our viewers understand, how would you handle the possibility for instance if people from counties where prosecutors are prepared to enforce thi