abortion

For decades, the politics around abortion were pretty well set. Then came the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. It was a political earthquake, and in many ways the ground is still shaking.

Nessel and other state attorneys general sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra last week, urging him to act to protect “sensitive reproductive health information against disclosure to the maximum extent possible in today’s rapidly-shifting and increasingly hostile climate.”

Medical schools in states that have banned abortion can't teach abortion care. Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants to make funds available for students in those states to travel for the training.

A western Michigan man who pleaded no contest to shooting an 84-year-old woman campaigning against abortion rights at his home has been sentenced to community service. Seventy-five-year-old Richard Harvey was ordered Tuesday to complete 100 hours of community service.

The Michigan Supreme Court issued the final orders Wednesday formally dismissing two abortion-rights cases.

The state Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would prohibit discrimination against people who have had an abortion.

Mifepristone was first approved by the FDA in 2000. The federal agency – and other organizations like the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists – have maintained the drug is safe.

The state Senate adopted bills Wednesday to repeal Michigan’s dormant abortion ban. This clears the way for the bills to go to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The Michigan House sent a repeal of the state’s inactive 1931 abortion ban to the Senate Thursday.

Eight people were charged with breaking federal law by blockading entrances to Northland Family Planning in 2020. Two face charges for a similar alleged action in Saginaw.