abortion

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.

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.

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.

There is a fierce political fight over abortion rights happening in Michigan right now. But the decision to terminate a pregnancy is an incredibly personal one.

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.

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.

Michigan election officials said Thursday that two proposed amendments to the state constitution meet requirements to get on the November ballot.