Whitmer repeals Michigan law that made it only U.S. state to ban surrogacy contracts
"Either you support families or you don't," the Michigan governor said Monday. She signed a package of bills that repealed the country's strictest laws regulating surrogacy contracts.
Right to Life Michigan lawsuit challenges state abortion law
"I wonder how many people when they voted for this prop three that they were voting for partial birth abortion," said Robert Muise.
On Roe anniversary, Whitmer and abortion advocates urge voting Biden for reproductive rights
"We've got to continue to organize - to vote, and to make sure that we keep Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House," Whitmer said.
US women stock up on abortion pills following news about restrictions, research shows
The demand peaks when court decisions might threaten access to the medications.
Whitmer signs Reproductive Health Act protecting, ensuring abortion access
"We’ve been fighting to protect abortion in Michigan for years," Whitmer said. "Roe v. Wade was repealed last year and our fight took on a whole new urgency."
South Carolina abortion ban with 'fetal heartbeat' limit creates confusion, doctors say
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a ban on most abortions this week but left undecided the question of when, exactly, the “fetal heartbeat” limit begins during pregnancy.
Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity at college campuses post-Roe
Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine. It's stocked with ibuprofen, pregnancy tests and the morning-after pill.
One year without Roe v. Wade: Here's where abortion laws stand in your state
Saturday, June, 24, marks one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that provided a constitutional right to abortion.
'Politics has no place in healthcare': Reactions pour in after SCOTUS upholds access to abortion pill
But anti-abortion activists say mifepristone should never have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than two decades ago.
Abortion rights groups submit 2023 fall ballot measure in Ohio
The measure would require restrictions imposed past a fetus' viability outside the womb to be based on evidence of patient health and safety benefits.
'We won't go back': Abortion rights activists rally 50 years after Roe
Sunday is the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a federal right to an abortion.
House GOP push anti-abortion measures after gaining majority
Republicans approved two abortion measures Wednesday, making clear they want to go further after the Supreme Court overruled the federal right to an abortion last year.
Indiana doctor who provided abortion drugs to 10-year-old rape victim defends actions in court
An Indianapolis doctor who provided abortion drugs to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio has defended her actions before a judge in the case that drew national attention in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
Voters say 'yes' to protecting abortion rights in Michigan, California, Vermont, Kentucky
The ballot initiatives come months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed to women nationwide.
Proposal 3 critics question sterilization in amendment language amid claims of fear-mongering
Proposal 3 supporters believe the language is clear. Opponents disagree — and have launched a commercial blitz to say the ballot is too vague.
Grosse Pointe Farms' Catholic church's large anti-Proposal 3 display causes controversy
From commercials to Catholic churches, the debate over women's rights or the rights of unborn babies is looking more like a debate over free speech on St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church's front lawn.
Southfield pro-life pregnancy center vandalized with death threats, extremist group suspected
It has put the small group that works and volunteers at the religious-based, pro-life clinic for women on high alert. And it is not the first time in recent months that it has been targeted.
Doctor concerned over language in Michigan abortion amendment
Michigan voters will to the polls this fall to vote on Proposal 3, which would make abortion a procedure protected by the state's constitution. One doctor is sharing her concerns about language in the amendment.
Doctors support abortion in Michigan as issue goes to November ballot
A high-risk obstetrician is sharing how making abortion illegal in Michigan would harm his patietns. Voters will decide on the issue in November.
Michigan pharmacists can now prescribe birth control for women
Rudy Najm of iPharmacy in Livonia, is still digesting the policy - but says it’s welcome news, especially after birth control supplies were depleted a few months ago when Roe V Wade was overturned.