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Some of our friends on the right say that our Wednesday editorial on a potential abortion referendum in Michigan was too understated about its true ambition. If voters in November agree, the proposed constitutional amendment will protect unrestricted abortion until fetal viability (about 24 weeks), similar to the line formerly used under Roe v. Wade.
But look at the language, our correspondents say. After fetal viability, the proposed amendment would guarantee abortion access whenever “an attending health care professional” determined it to be “medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual.” One red flag is the undefined exception for “mental health,” which could be misused to justify abortions months after viability for anyone who’s in distress.
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