A few of our mates on the proper say that our Wednesday editorial on a possible abortion referendum in Michigan was too understated about its true ambition. If voters in November agree, the proposed constitutional modification will shield unrestricted abortion till fetal viability (about 24 weeks), just like the road previously used underneath Roe v. Wade.
However have a look at the language, our correspondents say. After fetal viability, the proposed modification would assure abortion entry each time “an attending well being care skilled” decided it to be “medically indicated to guard the life or bodily or psychological well being of the pregnant particular person.” One purple flag is the undefined exception for “psychological well being,” which might be misused to justify abortions months after viability for anybody who’s in misery.
