Judge denies Michigan Legislature's request to disqualify herself from abortion lawsuit

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52% : Gleicher also stated that she has donated to Planned Parenthood for "many years," but her donations never exceed $1,000 per year, which she says is not enough to make her a significant stakeholder in the health care organization or the outcome of this case.
45% : The intervening defendants claim that Judge Gleicher is incapable of being unbiased while overseeing this case due to financial contributions she has made to the campaigns of Democratic lawmakers in 2018, as well as Planned Parenthood.
42% : The decision sided with the plaintiffs, Planned Parenthood of Michigan and the American Civil Liberties Union, who sued Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in an effort to prevent the law from taking effect, claiming that it violates the state's constitution.
39% : As intervening defendants in a lawsuit seeking to block Michigan's 1931 law banning abortion, the GOP-controlled state Legislature filed a motion to disqualify Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher.
32% : The Michigan Legislature has since intervened in the lawsuit, hoping to uphold the 1931 law that deems abortion care a felonious act.
31% : More: GOP-led Michigan Legislature calls abortion a 'medically unnecessary procedure' in injunction appeal

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