abortion

The closures will make it so Traverse City is the closest Planned Parenthood office for the entire Upper Peninsula.

Michiganders will soon no longer be required to purchase abortion coverage through a separate health insurance rider.

Michigan's Democratic governor says the bills help align state laws with the reproductive rights amendment adopted last year by voters.

The lawsuit, filed one year after Michigan voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, argues that amendment violates the U.S. Constitution.

Whitmer said repealing abortion restrictions is necessary to align state laws with the reproductive rights amendment adopted last year by a 57% to 43% margin.

Abortion rights groups want Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call for striking lingering abortion laws still on the books. A Whitmer spokesperson said they will likely get their wish.

But while abortions increased in states like Michigan, the nation saw a cumulative 25,000 fewer abortions in the nine months since the court’s decision.

Michigan has been an abortion rights battleground since June, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Proposal 3 on the November ballot is an attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

A group of Democratic state Senators has introduced a bill package to ensure abortion rights should the U-S Supreme Court strike down “Roe V- Wade.”

Democratic state lawmakers say all people need to be able to make independent decisions about their reproductive health. House Democrats announced their…