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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]
In January 2022, Reproductive Freedom for All, in partnership with the ACLU of Michigan, Michigan Voices, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, filed paperwork with the Board of State Canvassers to begin a ballot petition drive to amend the Constitution of Michigan to provide for a limited right to an abortion.
The amendment was introduced to overturn the 1931 abortion ban and make the right to "reproductive freedom" explicit in the Michigan Constitution. [2] The Reproductive Freedom For All ballot committee gathered 753,759 signatures for the constitutional amendment, the most ever gathered for a ballot measure in state history, and more than enough ...
A proposed add to the Michigan Constitution would guarantee the right to an abortion. Opponents say it goes further, but supporters say that's wrong. Michigan's abortion amendment: Here's what ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer repealed a handful of abortion restrictions in Michigan, making changes long-awaited by abortion rights proponents. Whitmer signs Michigan 'Reproductive Health Act,' repeals ...
The amendment — now in limbo — would insert permanent protections into the state’s constitution for abortion and other reproductive health services.
While the legal landscape around abortion in Michigan was unclear in the wake of the Dobbs decision due to various conflicting pre-Roe laws that were still on the books, in November 2022, Michigan voters passed a state constitutional amendment that explicitly added the right to abortion and contraception to the Michigan state constitution. [111]
Abortion-rights supporters filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to overturn Michigan’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents, arguing it cannot stand after voters in ...