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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 ]
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]
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.
A Michigan judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the state's mandatory 24-hour waiting period before receiving an abortion, as well as the state's "informed consent" law and a ban on ...
The law was ruled unconstitutional by Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth L. Gleicher, characterizing the law as a violation of due process; however, the case was appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court. Regardless of the outcome of that appeal, there was no clear constitutional protection for abortion access in Michigan, making further ...
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 Gretchen Whitmer repealed a handful of abortion restrictions in Michigan, making changes long-awaited by abortion rights proponents.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 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–105 (text), 117 Stat. 1201, enacted November 5, 2003, 18 U.S.C. § 1531, [1] PBA Ban) is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. [2]
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 ...