After over 50 years of legal abortion in America, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. In Michigan, a 1931 law on the books would make the procedure a felony. Anticipating the federal ruling, Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit in April 2022 in hopes that Michigan's Supreme Court declares abortion rights are protected by the state Constitution.
Below, you can find the latest stories about what the end of Roe v. Wade means legally, politically, and medically for Michiganders.
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State Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled Wednesday that the Michigan Constitution’s due process clause is broad enough to include a woman’s right to an abortion.
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Legal Questions
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Jodi Westrick/Michigan RadioThe Michigan Court of Claims granted preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Michigan. The injunction means the state’s 1931 abortion ban would not be enforced immediately if Roe v. Wade is overturned. -
Jodi Westrick/Michigan RadioA judge says Michigan’s 90-year-old abortion law can’t be enforced until courts decide if banning abortion is constitutional. -
Michigan RadioGovernor Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the state’s abortion ban that would take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Dee DwyerSeven Michigan county prosecutors have said publicly that they won’t prosecute abortion cases, and they've signed onto Governor Whitmer's effort to have the Michigan Supreme Court overturn that law.
Medical Questions
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Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesMany women in the state had no idea that if Roe goes, a 1931 law making abortion a felony would spring into effect. -
Traci Hahn/trac1 - stock.adobe.com/129738451Michigan's law criminalizing abortion would only allow exceptions to "preserve the life" of the woman. But that's a dangerously ambiguous term, medical experts say.
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When the Reproductive Health Care Act passed last year, it contained a little-known provision that’s about to take effect. After this summer’s data drop, Michigan state officials will no longer keep track of abortion care procedures in the state.
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Today, the reason Michigan no longer collects data about abortions happening in the state. We’ll learn about the implications for both pro-life and pro-choice advocates.
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A report on Michigan's law requiring parental consent for teens to access abortion care, a preview of the Freep Film Fest this weekend, the environmental importance of vernal pools during spring, and an up close encounter with a rare and stinky plant
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A group of more than 500 doctors has filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court calling for a ruling that abortion rights are protected. -
We discussed the news that pharmacists will now be able to prescribe birth control. Then we heard from our friends at Points North about the Camp Grayling training facility . After that we turned to some poetry about butterflies. We ended with a conversation about the Washtenaw County Courthouse Art exhibit. -
On today's show, a new Court of Claims ruling on abortion rights in Michigan and the return of It's Just Politics to Michigan Radio. Plus, Carol Hutchins and two guests from the AMP Seeds Series. -
In this week's politics rundown, we talk about the deadlocked abortion-rights petition drive headed to the state Supreme Court, and what's new with the GOP leading up to the November election. -
The week in political news, including Board of State Canvassers holding two petition drives off the ballot, and a recap of the state GOP convention. -
Dr. Natalie Gladstein, an obstetrician-gynecologist in southeast Michigan, said reviving the state's 1931 law criminalizing abortion would “put women's health at risk and cause immeasurable suffering for many people." -
In 1992, Dr. Elaine Pomeranz decided to have an abortion after finding out the fetus she was carrying had hydrocephalus. She joined Stateside to reflect on her experience in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade. -
On today's show, we heard more about yesterday's Board of State Canvassers meeting which denied two ballot petitions from going on the ballot. Then, a historian tells the story of Hamtramck, and an IPR feature explores carbon credits in Michigan. Plus, a doctor tells her story of seeking a late-term, out-of-state abortion.
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The Michigan Board of State Canvassers meets tomorrow, and may decide to change the language voters would see on an abortion-rights ballot initiative. The petition for the initiative gained record-breaking support earlier this summer. -
Confusion over abortion access petition language hangs over this week's Board of State Canvassers meeting.
