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A researcher who studies the long-term consequences of unwanted pregnancy on people’s lives expects abortion bans will cause the greatest hardship to people with the fewest resources.
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The Michigan attorney general and the state's regulatory agency say abortion is legal in the state. But a lawyer for two county prosecutors says they can prosecute abortion providers now.
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With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Michigan Democrats see a big role for abortion rights in the upcoming general election.
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After telling BHSH Health staff Friday that the health system would restrict abortions to cases where it's deemed "necessary to preserve the life of the woman," BHSH CEO Tina Freese Decker reversed course Saturday night.
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Thousands of people protested the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional protections for abortion. Others voiced support for Indiana lawmakers to ban the procedure during next months’s special legislative session.
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Abortion providers are reassuring patients they can still come to their appointments. But they're also bracing themselves for what will happen if the state's 1931 abortion ban goes into effect.
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Abortion opponents say they are preparing for more fights to end abortion rights in Michigan after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
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The dormant Michigan law dates back to 1931 and it says abortion providers can be prosecuted -- with exceptions only to save the life of a pregnant woman.
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The short answer is: yes. Plan B and other contraceptive measures remain legal in Michigan. But language in the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe leads some to believe that legal protections for birth control might be in trouble.
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Indiana appears poised to force thousands of people to give birth each year in a state that ranks among the worst for infant and maternal mortality. That's after the U.S. Supreme Court Friday overturned its abortion rights precedents, clearing a path for states to fully ban abortions.