Michigan justice who tried to block abortion plan paid for girlfriend’s abortion

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brian Zahra’s ex-wife told NBC News that Zahra paid for her to have an abortion in the 1980s when the two were dating in college.

Alyssa Jones of Plymouth detailed her experience getting an abortion when she and Zahra were dating in 1983.

Jones told NBC News that she and her then-boyfriend Zahra, who is running for reelection as a Michigan Supreme Court justice, were on the same page at the time and did not discuss any options other than abortion.

Michigan Supreme Court  Justice Brian K. Zahra hears a case.

“I’m grateful I had a choice, and I think he’s grateful he had a choice,” Jones told NBC. “I never disagreed with it, I didn’t feel like he was strong-arming me. … I do remember talking during the procedure, saying, ‘You know, we just need to finish school, we’re not ready to have a family, we need to finish school.’”

Jones told NBC News she believes her ex-husband has engaged in hypocrisy by opposing the Reproductive Freedom for All proposal going on the ballot known as Proposal 3.