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2022 Michigan Proposal 3, the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, also known as Reproductive Freedom for All, was a citizen-initiated proposed constitutional amendment in the state of Michigan, which was voted on as part of the 2022 Michigan elections.
Abortion in Michigan is legal throughout pregnancy. [1] [2] A state constitutional amendment to explicitly guarantee abortion rights was placed on the ballot in 2022 as Michigan Proposal 22–3; [3] it passed with 57 percent of the vote, adding the right to abortion and contraceptive use to the Michigan Constitution. [4]
Michigan Proposal B, the Abortion Legalization to 20 Weeks Initiative, was on the ballot in Michigan as an indirect initiated state statute on November 7, 1972. The ballot measure was defeated with 60.65% of the vote. However, the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn Michigan's abortion ban in the Roe v. Wade ruling one year later.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the issue of abortion rights back to the states, Michigan voters passed Proposal 3 in 2022 to enshrine a right to reproductive freedom.
In Michigan, 55.8% of voters supported a ballot measure known as Prop 3, which protects abortion rights. What does the proposition say? In Michigan, 55.8% of voters supported a ballot measure ...
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an initiative potentially enshrining abortion protections in the state constitution will appear on the ballot this fall, overcoming opposition from ...
The groups stated that their ballot proposition was driven by the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to overrule Roe v. Wade and, under pre-Roe state law, abortion would be illegal in Michigan. [1] [Note 1] Under Michigan law, proponents of a ballot measure were required to obtain 425,059 signatures from registered Michigan voters.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyMichigan voters were already facing a number of consequential choices this midterm cycle: a gubernatorial election, competitive ...