{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.1072","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1072","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"Sec. 2.\n\nThe legislature finds all of the following:\n\nThe state has a paramount interest in protecting all individuals.\n\nIf an abortion results in the live birth of a newborn, the newborn is a legal person for all purposes under the law.\n\nA woman's right to terminate pregnancy ends when the pregnancy is terminated. It is not an infringement on a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy for the state to assert its interest in protecting a newborn whose live birth occurs as the result of an abortion.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-687-of-2002"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-1072","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"5d7bc5c543cc9a1b0a6cc6db8d783d701f837d4201e920f7d36406cb60c2ca1a","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.1071","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.1073"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}