A 17-year-old boy is charged with a felony for helping end his girlfriend’s pregnancy by hitting her in the abdomen with a baseball bat

“The girl — who was six months pregnant at the time and subsequently gave birth to a stillborn infant — had her boyfriend hit her repeatedly with a 22-inch souvenir bat over a two-week period in an attempt to terminate the pregnancy. However, under Michigan law, a person who intentionally harms a pregnant woman is criminally liable, but an act committed by the pregnant individual cannot be prosecuted . . . the girl could not legally consent to ending the pregnancy because Michigan law requires that minors get parental consent or a judicial bypass before undergoing an abortion.”