The legality of the abortion laws came under scrutiny after Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment creating a state-level abortion right.

The Northland Family Planning Center is asking a Michigan Court of Claims judge to find three abortion laws are unconstitutional.

Abortion providers had sued the state last year, arguing a ballot proposal passed in 2022 makes certain abortion restrictions unconstitutional.

That amendment, called Reproductive Freedom for All, was passed by voters in 2022. Attorneys with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office argue that the 24-hour waiting period does not burden access to abortion.

Michigan solidified the right to an abortion in the state constitution back in 2022, but abortion rights advocates say there's still work to be done.

The law in question requires patients to wait 24 hours after getting counseling materials before getting an abortion.

Michigan solidified the right to an abortion in the state constitution back in 2022, but abortion rights advocates say there's still work to be done.

Many of the bills filed in state legislatures across the country focus on abortion pills, abortion access for minors, and, in at least one state, how to undo protections for the procedure, The 19th reports.

The trial is expected to continue through the end of next week. Arguments in a legal challenge to abortion restrictions that remain on the books in Michigan opened Thursday before a Michigan Court of Claims judge.