The Nation - News from Sept. 23, 1988

The Michigan Supreme Court left standing a lower court ruling permitting a woman to have an abortion over the opposition of her estranged husband. But the high court prevented Shawn Lewis from acting immediately on her victory, and attorneys representing her husband and the guardian of the fetus’ interests said they will file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court today. “The court obviously recognized that this presented an issue that the U.S. Supreme Court might be willing to consider,” said James Bopp, who represents the guardian and the fetus’ interests in the case. Carlton Lewis’ attorney, Steven Moss, agreed, noting the Michigan court appeared to be keeping its distance from the case to allow the U.S. court to handle it. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that an injunction against the abortion issued in Genesee County Circuit Court violated Shawn Lewis’ constitutional rights under the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.