Roe v. Wade

Michigan election officials say two proposed constitutional amendments meet requirements to get on the November ballot

Abortion still remains legal in Michigan after the fall of Roe v. Wade because two judges in separate cases have stopped any enforcement

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is asking the state Supreme Court to hear a major abortion rights case. That request is backed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in a separate filing with the court.

The order is the latest abortion-related step taken by Gov. Whitmer following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe-V-Wade

A group working to put abortion protections in the Michigan Constitution turned in over 750 thousand signatures today to get the amendment on the November ballot.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking insurance companies in Michigan to provide health coverage for abortion services. That’s as legal fights over abortion rights in the state continue to play out.

Representatives of Planned Parenthood of Michigan say they’re confident they’ll reach the signature threshold needed to ask voters in November to guarantee the right to an abortion statewide.

Michigan officials are assuring medical providers that they can’t currently be prosecuted for conducting abortions following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. But some county prosecutors, including the one in Jackson County, disagree.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic prosecutors are asking the Michigan Supreme Court to step in and immediately take up the question of whether the state constitution protects abortion rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade puts the question of abortion rights in the hands of individual states.