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.
Attorney General Dana Nessel was asked by MIRS about the difference between her preemptive decision to not enforce the 1931 abortion ban back in 2022 and Livingston County Sheriff Michael Murray’s announcement that he wouldn't enforce “red flag” legislation in his county after it became law.
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.