Along with eliminating a 24-hour waiting period, legislators want Michigan to wipe away decades-old laws banning the use of Medicaid to fund abortions for low-income residents. Protests are planned.
Democrats target 24-hour waiting period, abortion clinic restrictions and more, but won’t yet try to repeal parental consent laws that may be a tougher sell in Legislature.
The Democratic governor offers a broad wish list for the fall Legislature. She says she’s leaving many details blank to prompt negotiations. Republicans predict the plans will raise taxes.
The governor on Wednesday will call to eliminate ‘antiquated’ limits. Activists are targeting 24-hour waiting period, parental consent, special regulations on abortion clinics.
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision that places limits on the prescription of mifepristone, the so-called abortion drug. But those restrictions remain on hold as the case heads to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A technicality allowed us to avoid a $36,000 bill when we chose to abort a baby unlikely to survive. But others can face crushing debt from a 2014 law that forbids private insurers from automatically providing abortion coverage.
Michigan still imposes medically unnecessary regulations on abortion providers and makes it more burdensome to schedule appointments. Repealing these laws will broaden access for women, particularly those in rural and less populated areas.
Doctors performed nearly 1,100 more abortions on patients from outside Michigan, as other states restricted the procedure. Even so, there was a drop in Michigan’s overall abortion rate, raising questions about whether all patients are being counted.
More than six months after Michigan approved a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights, newly released data gives a granular view about voters’ attitudes.
The state’s affordable housing, beautiful lakes and reproductive rights are some of the selling points Michigan may use in a new ad campaign hoping to convince young professionals to put down roots in the state.
Legislation would also bar employers from other discrimination, such as discipline or denying promotions or benefits due to abortion. Republicans argue the bill infringes upon religious freedom.
YWCA leaders say it would expand access to reproductive health care for marginalized county residents. But two Republican county commissioners and other critics say it shouldn’t be done with tax money.
In overturning the 1973 Roe decision last year, the nation’s highest court pushed abortion questions back to state politics, but now it likely will decide the fate of the abortion pill mifepristone. Michigan providers have vowed to continue access.
The Biden administration is filing an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a Wednesday federal court ruling restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
With complete control of governance, Democrats passed a raft of liberal bills within their first 100 days. Republicans are annoyed, sounding much like Democrats from years past. Now comes the hard part.
