A federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction to two Michigan anti-abortion organizations in their challenge to a state employment law that would require them to recruit and hire candidates with beliefs on abortion that do not align with the groups, as well as requiring them to cover abortion care in employee pregnancy benefits plans.
The lawsuit, filed by Right to Life of Michigan and the Pregnancy Resource Center in Grand Rapids against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and members of the Civil Rights Commission, alleges that the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act violates the first amendment protections of these groups by imposing hiring practices on them that go directly against the missions of the organizations.
Nessel and the other defendants argued that, as summarized in Friday’s opinion, “Plaintiffs face no realistic enforcement threat for a variety of reasons.”
But Judge Robert J. Jonker, a George W. Bush appointee, disagreed, writing, “The recent statutory changes do, however, at least arguably cover Plaintiffs’ constitutionally protected conduct.” Jonker also denied the motions from Nessel and from the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Michigan Civil Rights Commission to dismiss the suit altogether.
He added that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their suit, writing, “Regardless of the Michigan Supreme Court’s interpretation of ELCRA, Plaintiffs are likely to receive the relief...
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