Law Center Defends Michigan’s Ban on Partial Birth Abortions in the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

ANN ARBOR, MI —The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed its opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in defense of Michigan’s ban on partial birth abortions. The Law Center is asking the court to overturn the lower court ruling, which struck down the ban and denied its prime sponsor, Standing Together To Oppose Partial-birth-abortion (“STTOP”), to intervene in the lawsuit.

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “The recent Ayotte decision by the United States Supreme Court and the Planned Parenthood v. Taft, decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals are clear evidence that the wall protecting abortions is beginning to crumble. If successful, our appeal will add a further crack to that wall. ”