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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on the use of paid pregnancy surrogates. Michigan was one of the first states to outlaw paid surrogacy contracts in 1988. Now, Whitmer said, Michigan will be the final state in the nation to allow families to use in vitro fertilization with compensated surrogates without fear of criminal prosecution.
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Nessel has asked a federal court to dismiss a legal challenge against the voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees reproductive rights.
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Michiganders will soon no longer be required to purchase abortion coverage through a separate health insurance rider.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Tuesday to roll back more abortion restrictions remaining on the books in Michigan even though it is questionable if they could be enforced under the reproductive rights amendment adopted a year ago by voters.
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The lawsuit, filed one year after Michigan voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, argues that amendment violates the U.S. Constitution.
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The legislation aims to remove remaining barriers to abortion access in Michigan after voters approved a constitutional amendment a year ago, guaranteeing a right to the procedure.
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Abortion-rights groups were glad for some progress toward their policy goals, but expressed disappointment they could not gain more ground.
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It would repeal several laws and state rules dealing with abortion.
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Michigan lawmakers joined the governor at a roundtable Monday in Grand Rapids to try to build support for abortion-access legislation.
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Michigan abortion-rights advocates are sharing details about upcoming legislation they're calling the Reproductive Health Act.