BREAKING NEWS ALERT. EMOTIONS RUN HIGH FROM JUBILATION DEVASTATION FOLLOWING A HISTORIC
RULING BY THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT NOVI WEIGHED NO
LONGER THE LAW OF THE LAND HAS
DONE WHAT HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE
. EXPRESSLY TAKEAWAY. CONSTANCE
WILL, RIGHT. IT IS SO
FUNDAMENTAL, SO MANY AMERICANS.
NOW THE ABORTION FIGHT SHIFTS
BACK TO THE STATES AND MICHIGAN
IS ALREADY A KEY BATTLEGROUND.
KILLING THE UNBORN CHILD SHOULD
NEVER BE THE SOLUTION TO ANY OF
OUR SOCIETY’S PROBLEMS. THIS
LANDMARK DECISION MAY HAVE
SEEMED UNTHINKABLE JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO, BUT THE BALANCE ON
THE SUPREME COURT SHIFTED
DRAMATICALLY WITH THREE JUSTICES
APPOINTED BY FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP. WE’RE COVERING
REACTION, FALLOUT AND WHAT’S
NEXT SEEN PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE
SUPREME COURT TODAY? WE’RE ALSO
SEEING A POLICE PRESENCE AT THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DETROIT,
WHERE WE’VE HEARD PROTESTERS
MIGHT BE GATHERING. GRANT HERMES
IS STANDING BY TO DRILL DOWN
INTO WHERE THINGS STAND HERE IN
MICHIGAN, BUT FIRST KIMBERLY IS
IN THE NEWSROOM WITH LOOK AT
THIS HISTORIC RULING. KIM JASON.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME IN US HISTORY THE
SUPREME COURT HAS GRANTED A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND THEN
DECIDED TO TAKE IT AWAY VERSUS
WADE HAS BEEN THE LAW OF THE
LAND FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. BUT
THAT CHANGED JUST A FEW HOURS
AGO. NOW TO BE CLEAR, IT’S NOW
UP TO EACH STATE TO DETERMINE
ITS OWN ABORTION POLICIES. THE
HIGH COURT VOTED 6 TO 3 TO
UPHOLD THE MISSISSIPPI LAW THAT
BANS ABORTIONS AFTER 15 WEEKS OF
PREGNANCY. THEN IT WENT EVEN
FURTHER, OVERTURNING THE BROAD
PRECEDENTS THAT SUPPORTED VERSUS
WADE. THE MAJORITY LOST CHIEF
JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS ON THAT
PART OF THE DECISION IS, HE SAYS
THE COURT WENT TOO FAR. BY
OVERTURNING ROE VERSUS WADE. NOW
INDIVIDUAL STATES, AS I SAID,
WILL DECIDE IF ABORTION IS LEGAL
WITHIN ITS OWN BORDERS. MICHIGAN
HAS A 1931 LAW ON THE BOOKS
MAKING ABORTION ILLEGAL, BUT
IT’S CURRENTLY ON HOLD AFTER A
COURT RULING THAT LEGAL BATTLE
CONTINUES ON TWO FRONTS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HIS
ADMINISTRATION WILL DEFEND A
WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CROSS STATE
LINES TO SEEK AN ABORTION. HE’S
CALLING ON CALLING THIS, I
SHOULD SAY A SAD DAY FOR THE
COUNTRY LISTEN, STATE LAWS
BANNING ABORTION. ARE
AUTOMATICALLY TAKING EFFECT
TODAY. JEOPARDIZING THE HEALTH
OF MILLIONS OF WOMEN. SOME
WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS. SO EXTREME
TO THE WOMEN COULD BE PUNISHED
FOR PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH. SO
EXTREME THAT WOMEN AND GIRLS
WERE FORCED TO BEAR THEIR
RAPIST’S CHILD. PEOPLE HAVE WON
A VICTORY. THE RIGHT TO LIFE HAS
BEEN VINDICATED. THE VOICELESS
WILL FINALLY HAVE A VOICE. THIS
GREAT NATION CAN NOW LIVE UP TO
ITS CORE PRINCIPLE. THAT ALL ARE
CREATED EQUAL. NOT BORN EQUAL,
CREATED EQUAL. AND JASON. UM
WHILE THIS IS A KEY TURNING
POINT IN THIS BATTLE, IT
CERTAINLY IS NOT THE END. THE
PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR
CONGRESS TO PASS A FEDERAL LAW
PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS. AND
HE SAYS THE ISSUE WILL BE ON THE
BALLOT WHEN PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR
LAWMAKERS IN THE UPCOMING
MIDTERMS WILL HAVE MORE FROM
WASHINGTON WHEN YOU JOIN US
TONIGHT FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE
FOR NOW, WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU IN THE STUDIO MUCH MORE TO
COME AND SEE IT. FIVE. KIM AS
THE STATE AS THE FIGHT SWINGS
BACK TO THE STATES. NOW, BATTLE
LINES ARE CLEARLY DRAWN IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN, THE
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR
MICHIGAN’S RIGHT TO LIFE, SAYS
THIS RULING IS JUST THE
BEGINNING. BUT NOW SHOW FACE A
DETERMINED GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
GRETCHEN WHITMER. THERE IS A LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW AND FOR
MICHIGAN WOMEN, INCLUDING MY OWN
DAUGHTERS. I’M GOING TO CONTINUE
TO FIGHT LIKE HELL TO PROTECT
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY’VE GOT
THE SAME RIGHTS. I’VE HAD MY
WHOLE LIFE. THIS IS THE FIRST
STEP GETTING RID OF THAT FEDERAL
RIGHTS TO ABORTION IN THE
CONSTITUTION THAT WAS NEVER
THERE THAT WAS DISCOVERED, UM
AND RETURNING. THE DECISION BACK
TO THE STATES WILL BE THE FIRST
STEP IN ALLOWING STATES TO ONCE
AGAIN PROTECT THE UNBORN CHILD
LEGALLY. RIGHT NOW. ABORTION
REMAINS LEGAL IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, BUT THE STATE IS ON
THE VERY EDGE OF THAT PROCEDURE
BECOMING ILLEGAL. AS KIM
MENTIONED THERE IS A LAW ON THE
BOOKS THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD
NOW BY THE COURT. SO WHAT
HAPPENS NOW THAT ROE V. WADE HAS
BEEN OVERTURNED? LET’S GET TO
GRANT HERMES WITH THAT PART OF
THE STORY, GRANT JASON ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL SAYS SHE
WILL NOT BE DEFENDING OR
ENFORCING THAT 1931 LAW. IF IT
DOES REMAIN ON THE BOOKS. AND
THEN JUST THIS AFTERNOON,
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WIMMER ASKING
THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO STEP
IN IMMEDIATELY TO CLEAR UP ANY
CONFUSION. IN THE WAKE OF THE
SUPREME COURT RULING ON
ABORTION. MICHIGAN’S LAWS IN
LIMBO ON HOLD BY COURT ORDER
AFTER A LAWSUIT FROM PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, THE GOVERNOR URGING
THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO TAKE
UP THE CASE AGAIN. I THINK THAT
THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
WE DON’T HAVE THE ANSWER TO, AND
THAT’S WHY IT’S SO CRITICAL THAT
THE SUPREME COURT RENDER A
DECISION ABORTION GROUPS
CELEBRATING THE DECISION. BUT
SAYING IF ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA
NESSEL DOESN’T DEFEND OR ENFORCE
THE STATE’S SNAPBACK LAW, SHE
SHOULDN’T BE REELECTED. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL DOESN’T WANT TO
DO HER JOB, THEN MAYBE SHE NEEDS
TO BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE AND
NOVEMBER RESPONDING SHARPLY THIS
AFTERNOON. I DON’T REMEMBER THEM
BEING UPSET WHEN MIKE COX AND
BILL SHOOT E DIDN’T ENFORCE THE
PAYROLL FRAUD LAWS OR
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, SO I DON’T
UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN SAY THAT
I DON’T DESERVE TO BE IN OFFICE
BECAUSE I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO
ENFORCE A LAW THAT I KNOW WILL
AFFECT THE HEALTH. WELFARE AND
SAFETY OF THE 2.2 MILLION WOMEN
OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE THAT CALLED
MICHIGAN HOME I WILL NOT PLACE
THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY. ANTI
ABORTION GROUPS AND THE MICHIGAN
STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE SET ASIDE
MONEY FOR ILLEGAL FUND TO DEFEND
THE LAW AND A NEW BILL IN THE
STATE HOUSE THAT WOULD MAKE
ABORTIONS OF FELONY IF THAT’S
SNAPBACK LAW IS STRUCK DOWN IN
COURT. OUR HOUSE LEGAL TEAM IS
REVIEWING IT AND YOU KNOW, AS
ARE THE SENATE, THE REPUBLICAN
SENATE, UM, LEGAL TEAM IN
MICHIGAN. SO WE’RE JUST GONNA
YOU KNOW, GO FROM THERE. NOW
THERE’S ALSO ONE OTHER THING
HAPPENING HERE. A PETITION TO
MAKE ABORTION PART OF MICHIGAN
STATE CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD
OVERRULE ESSENTIALLY THIS 1931
LAW. IF IT DOES STAY ON THE
BOOKS IS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW,
SIGNATURES ARE BEING GATHERED
ANTI ABORTION GROUPS AND SAY
REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING THIS
PETITION RADICAL, UNLIMITED
ABORTION. THEY’RE VOWING TO
FIGHT AGAINST IT. THE
SIGNATURES, JASON ARE DUE FOR
THAT ON JULY 11TH BACK TO YOU.
ALRIGHT GRANT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVE CREWS OUT THERE
MONITORING PROTESTS AND RALLIES
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AROUND
METRO DETROIT IN THE WAKE OF
THIS RULING. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE
AT AN ANTI ABORTION CELEBRATION
NEAR A PLANNED PARENTHOOD. THIS
IS IN LIVONIA. EARLIER WE SHOWED
YOU THE SCENE OUTSIDE THE
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, WHERE POLICE ARE
STANDING BY THEIR SO FAR THOUGH
NO PROBLEMS ANYWHERE WILL BRING
YOU UPDATES AS WE GET THEM. NEW
AT FIVE MORE REACTION FROM
WASHINGTON, D C AND HOW THE NEXT
BATTLES ARE ALREADY SHAPING UP
AT 5 30 LEGAL EXPERT BARB
MCQUAID BREAKS DOWN THE RULINGS
POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS ON OTHER
RIGHTS. AND AT SIX HOW THAT
DECISION COULD AFFECT THE
MIDTERMS HERE IN MICHIGAN WILL
HAVE ALL OF IT COVERED FOR YOU
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. JUST
STAY WITH US. THE BIGGEST GUN
REFORM BILL IN DECADES, IS ON
THE WAY TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
DESK AFTER THE HOUSE VOTED YES.
THIS AFTERNOON, THE DEMOCRATIC
LED CHAMBER APPROVED NEW RULES
BY A VOTE OF 2 44 TO 1 93. THE
SENATE APPROVED THE COMPROMISE
LAST NIGHT. AMONG OTHER THINGS
IN THIS, THE BILL TOUGHENS
BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE
YOUNGEST GUN BUYERS. IT CLOSES
THE SO CALLED BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE
, AND IT INCLUDES MONEY FOR
SCHOOL SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH
CARE. THERE’S NO WORD ON WHEN
THE PRESIDENT WILL SIGN THIS
BILL, BUT WE’LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED. A SHOCKING DEATH
INVESTIGATION ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE TODAY AS THE BODY OF A
THREE YEAR OLD BOY HAS BEEN
FOUND INSIDE A FREEZER. POLICE
HAVE BEEN AT THE HOME SINCE VERY
EARLY THIS MORNING ON MONTA
VISTA STREET, WHICH IS NEAR I 96
AND GRAND RIVER. WE’RE TOLD ONE
PERSON IS IN CUSTODY HERE.
VICTOR WILLIAMS IS AT THAT SCENE
FOR US THIS EVENING. AND VICTOR,
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM
POLICE TONIGHT? MALL JASON
POLICE KNEW THAT SOMETHING
WASN’T RIGHT DURING A CPS
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS HAPPENING
RIGHT HERE THAT LED TO THIS
UNFORTUNATE DISCOVERY AND AS YOU
CAN TELL FROM THE GROWING NUMBER
OF STUFFED ANIMALS. THE COMPU
NITTI IS COMPLETELY DEVASTATED.
A CPS INVESTIGATION AND WELFARE
CHECK LEADS TO ONE HEARTBREAKING
DISCOVERY OF THREE YEAR OLD
BOY’S BODY FOUND IN A FREEZER IN
THE BASEMENT OF THIS HOME. FIVE
OTHER CHILDREN WERE INSIDE WHEN
THIS GRIZZLY FIND WAS MADE.
LYNETTE HARDY, WHO FREQUENTLY
VISITS NEXT DOOR, SAYS SHE WOULD
SEE THE KIDS FROM TIME TO TIME
BUT NEVER NOTICED ANYTHING OUT
OF THE ORDINARY. SHE WAS TOWED
THE CHILD WAS MISSING. WE HAVE
BEEN PRAYING THAT THE LULA BOY
WILL BE FOUND. BUT I HAD NO IDEA
HE WILL BE FOUND DEAD. HE WAS
BLIND MY HAIR TIERS WITHIN AGAIN
. I WAS KIND OF CONSOLE BY HIM
NOT BEING ABLE TO ENDURE ANY
MORE HARDSHIP. AND WE’RE TOLD
THAT ALL OF THE OTHER CHILDREN
WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE HOME IN
THERE NOW IN THE PROTECTIVE
CUSTODY OF CPS WILL BE HEARING
MORE FROM INVESTIGATORS AS WELL
AS THAT WOMAN THAT YOU JUST
HEARD FROM. UNLESS THEY’RE AN
HOUR AT FIVE PM REPORTING LIVE
ON THE WEST SIDE, VICTOR
WILLIAMS LOCAL 4 JUST SHOCKING
DETAILS, VICTOR THAT CAN’T HELP
REMIND US OF WHAT THEY FOUND.