Abortion

Michigan abortion-rights advocates are sharing details about upcoming legislation they're calling the Reproductive Health Act.

Abortion rights groups want Governor Gretchen Whitmer to use a major policy address this week to call for striking dormant abortion laws still on the books. A Whitmer spokesperson said they will likely get their wish.

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

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

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says Michigan is making plans to ensure access to an abortion drug as federal courts sort through the controversy.

Michigan's 1931 abortion ban is officially repealed.

Michigan House lawmakers sent a repeal of the state’s inactive 19-31 abortion ban to the Senate today.

The Michigan House Judiciary Committee sent a repeal of the state’s 1931 abortion ban to the House floor Wednesday.The law is now unenforceable due to a state constitutional amendment passed last year that guarantees abortion rights. But advocates say it should still come off the books.

Michigan has been an abortion rights battleground since June, when the US Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe versus Wade.Proposal 3 on the November ballot is an attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.But the issue is more complex than a single up-or-down vote, and the controversy will almost certainly linger past the November election. The Dobbs decision made abortion rights a national controversy that’s playing out state by state in the mid-term elections. Besides Michigan, there are four other states where voters will also decide abortion rights ballot questions.

Proposal 3 would protect abortion rights but leave details unsettled