12,000 new volunteers in just over a day for Reproductive Freedom for All, a petition drive seeking to write abortion rights into the Michigan Constitutiony Anti-abortion groups said their support has increased steadily.

Democrat Carol Glanville defeated Republican Robert “RJ” Regan in a special election for a West Michigan House seat considered safely conservative. Comments on rape, QAnon and conspiratories about Jews turned off his own party.

Our health, climate, and access to resources are at risk the longer we allow the energy status quo.

To some, the likely end to nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections means losing a say over their own bodies. But others see an end to what they deem government-sanctioned crime. They all appeared to scarcely believe the enormity of the ruling.

Republicans cheer the possible reversal of Roe v. Wade, while Democrats work to negate a 1931 law that would make the procedure a felony.

Despite promises from Democrats, operators say they would have to stop offering the procedure if the Supreme Court overturns 1973 ruling.

Michigan has the fifth-highest rate in the nation, even though there are no clinics in most counties. Maps, charts explain who is getting the procedure and where.

Abortion remains legal for now in Michigan, but access to abortion services is uncertain if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. We answer your questions about what such a decision would mean for Michigan.