Blog categorized as Abortion

Barbara Listing, who oversaw one of Michigan’s most influential political operations at Right to Life (RTL) of Michigan for 43 years, is calling it a career after year’s end.

Six bills rolling back 30 years of abortion restrictions put on the books by Republican majorities moved through a House committee Wednesday morning, but their future in the full chamber is dubious after one Democrat came out against them and others may as well.

Following the passage of Proposal 3 of 2022, which made abortion access a right under the Michigan constitution, state bureaucrats and policy makers can still regulate abortion after "fetal viability."

One Flint-based OB-GYN program director says an abortion provider can see two to three extra patients per week as some individuals travel to Michigan from out of state.