Michigan attorney general won’t enforce ‘draconian’ state abortion ban if Roe overturned

Published May 8, 2022 11:31pm ET



Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Sunday that she will not enforce a “draconian” state law making abortion illegal if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

The state’s top law enforcement officer was asked about the consequences of such a Supreme Court decision and how her office would respond during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press. Nessel, a Democrat, denounced the 1931 Michigan law criminalizing abortion while warning that it would cause females in her state to face a “really scary set of circumstances.”

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