Reproductive Rights
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Opinion: Trump can try to backpedal, but his record on abortion is clear
Stephanie Jones shares her story and challenges Trump’s attempts to soften his abortion stance, highlighting the harm his policies have caused to women’s health.
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Opinion: Ignore Project 2025 at your own risk
Shanay Watson-Whittaker Michigan Director for Reproductive Freedom for All, warns that a second Trump and Project 2025 term could threaten Michigan’s abortion rights despite recent state protections.
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Fact-checking Trump’s lies on abortion during the presidential debate
Trump spent much of Tuesday’s debate lying about his position on abortion, repeatedly spreading conspiracy theories about Democrats executing infants, and downplaying the very real consequences of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Students and state lawmakers talk reproductive rights and mobilizing college-age voters
Michigan college students and a recent grad on Monday joined state Sen. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) and state Rep. Julie Brixie (D-Meridian Twp.) to discuss reproductive rights and how to energize young voters.
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Groundbreaking cash assistance program for new moms is coming to Kalamazoo
Pregnant moms in Kalamazoo and their newborn babies will soon be prescribed cash, thanks to the expansion of the Rx Kids program in Michigan.
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Online reproductive health care is making a difference for rural Michiganders
Doctors and patients across the Mitten are calling Planned Parenthood’s virtual health center a game-changer for rural Michiganders.
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‘Mahogany Blue’ focuses on the health and well-being of Black women in Wayne County
Income, discrimination, and stigma all contribute to Black women in Wayne County having far higher rates of HIV than white women. A new state program aims to give them more control over their sexual health.
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Reproductive rights groups line up to elect Kimberly Ann Thomas to Michigan Supreme Court
Advocates for reproductive rights are backing Kimberly Ann Thomas for the Michigan Supreme Court—and trusting her to keep protecting Michiganders’ legal right to access abortion.
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Rural Michiganders—and their doctors—rejoice as state lifts medically unneeded abortion restrictions
This Michigander has been sharing her devastating abortion story—and state lawmakers appear to have been listening.
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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two…
