Abortion

As part of a series looking ahead to the presidential election, Michigan Public has been talking with Michiganders about what kind of presidential leadership they would like to see when it comes to abortion and reproductive health.

If Democrats are counting on Michigan women to turn out to vote like they did in 2022, when abortion was on the ballot, they could be disappointed.

The rally comes two years after the Dobbs decision and Proposition 3 codified abortion rights in the state.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to toss a challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone is also important to upholding Michigan’s reproductive rights amendment.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Grand Rapids Thursday as part of her "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour.

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

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

The Michigan Senate last week adopted a bill to do that and sent it to the House. But the effort appears stalled, largely over repealing the law that forbids the use of Medicaid funds for most abortions.

It would repeal several laws and state rules dealing with abortion.

A key Democratic lawmaker says she won’t support legislation to repeal many abortion restrictions on the books in Michigan.