Abortion is protected in Michigan, but Republican-led efforts to enact a nationwide abortion ban could still jeopardize those rights.
President Joe Biden took Trump to task for his support of a nationwide abortion ban and his role in repealing Roe v. Wade, criticizing him for “taking away women’s freedom,” putting women’s lives in danger, and unleashing “cruelty and chaos all across America.”
Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for the Justice Department to start enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. The old law bans the mailing of “anything designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion,” which could include medical instruments.
Reproductive rights advocates are suing the state in an attempt to overturn old, Republican-passed regulations on abortion in Michigan.
A lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups could disrupt access to abortion—even in Michigan, where reproductive rights are constitutionally protected.
Learn how Michigan medical students are navigating their education in a post-Roe world.
“Thousands of girls and women in states that banned abortion experienced rape-related pregnancy, but few (if any) obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors,” the study stated.
Several Republican candidates running for an open US Senate seat in Michigan all oppose abortion rights. But will Michiganders buy what they’re trying to sell?
During Tuesday’s event, the president and vice president highlighted several new measures the administration is taking to strengthen reproductive health care access, criticized extreme abortion bans, and highlighted the stakes of the 2024 election for reproductive rights.
Michigan has emerged as a safe haven for abortion care. But under Republican leadership, those rights could be in jeopardy.
