A wedge issue could break the November election wide open if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade and allows the state’s 1931 abortion ban to be reinstated.
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Michigan petition seeks 9 days of early voting, funds for absentee ballots
The proposal would undo most of the proposals under a Republican-led ballot initiative that also could go before voters.
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Advocates seek ballot measure to keep abortion legal in Michigan
Fearing a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a coalition wants to amend the constitution and nullify a 1931 law that could go into effect and make performing an abortion a felony.
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Whitmer signs $70B Michigan budget: What survived, thrived and died
Republican efforts to ban vaccine mandates are out. The governor also vetoed abortion alternative spending. But 175 pork projects remain.
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Old Michigan law could ban abortion, as Texas ignites Roe v. Wade debate
A Texas abortion case is testing the landmark Supreme Court ruling. If the law is overturned, a 1846 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan could become operational again.
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Race, abortion dominate debate on Michigan $2-billion COVID response plan
The GOP-led Senate approved nearly $2 billion in supplemental spending Thursday, but withheld another $3 billion in federal COVID funds, and sought to ban using race and income as factors in vaccine distribution, despite the heavy toll the virus has taken on African Americans.
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Michigan Right to Life scraps abortion ban ballot drive
The anti-abortion group acknowledges defeat in a failed ballot drive, after facing the highest signature-gathering hurdle in decades.
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Michigan Right to Life abortion ban may fall short on signatures
Right to Life of Michigan did not collect enough valid voter signatures to advance an initiative proposing to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure, according to new estimates from the state Bureau of Elections.
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Opinion | I’m an OB-GYN. Halting abortions won’t help supply shortage.
This is no time for putting politics and ideology ahead of patients’ needs, writes a Michigan doctor who offers abortion care during the pandemic.
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Opinion | Michigan should shut abortion clinics and use supplies for coronavirus
Elective abortions are taking place across the state, using up desperately needed gloves, gowns and masks.