From THEHILL.COM
A Detroit-area prosecutor said on Tuesday that she would not be charging abortion providers in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
“I don’t see that I have a choice. I am not going to prosecute physicians for providing health care and needed procedures to patients. I’m not going to do that,” Oakland County, Mich., Prosecutor Karen McDonald said on CNN’s “Early Start.”
McDonald last week signed a statement along with dozens of prosecutors vowing not to enforce abortion bans in their states.
She explained on CNN that her office had limited resources, noting its involvement in the prosecution of a school shooting that took place in late November at Oxford High School that left four people dead and others injured.
She added that she did not believe prosecutions would stop abortions from taking place for those who could afford to travel elsewhere.
“This is health care. I believe in a… (Read more)
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