"Michigan Attorney General Fights to Protect Abortion Rights Amid Legal Challenges"
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a 67-page response to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's voter-approved protections for abortion rights, arguing that the claims are speculative and that fetuses do not possess equal protection rights. Nessel expressed concern that the U.S. Supreme Court could use the lawsuit to overturn Michigan's Reproductive Freedom for All amendment, potentially damaging faith in democracy. The lawsuit, filed by Right to Life and others, challenges the amendment as creating a "super right" to reproductive freedom that conflicts with the U.S. Constitution. Nessel's filing contends that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate harm from the amendment and that a fetus does not possess equal protection rights.