Abortion
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Republicans want to use a 150-year-old law to ban abortion nationwide
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.
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Abortion rights group files lawsuit to expand access to reproductive care in Michigan
Reproductive rights advocates are suing the state in an attempt to overturn old, Republican-passed regulations on abortion in Michigan.
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Michigan attorney general urges Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion
A lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups could disrupt access to abortion—even in Michigan, where reproductive rights are constitutionally protected.
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Michigan’s medical students are fired up about reproductive healthcare
Learn how Michigan medical students are navigating their education in a post-Roe world.
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Study: 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies in states with abortion bans
“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.
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VIDEO: Four times Trump bragged about terminating Roe v. Wade
@gandernewsroom Monday will mark 51 years since the US Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, recognizing a woman’s right to have an abortion under the US Constitution. Those rights were stripped away from millions of women across the country in 2022 after the modern Court — stacked with right-wing appointees made by former President Donald…
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Michigan Republicans align against abortion rights amid attempt to flip US Senate seat
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?
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Biden vows to ‘restore’ nationwide abortion rights in second term
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.
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Michiganders protected abortion after Roe. Republicans are plotting a reversal.
Michigan has emerged as a safe haven for abortion care. But under Republican leadership, those rights could be in jeopardy.
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VIDEO: Michigan braces for reproductive rights uncertainty following Texas court precedent
@gandernewsroom Wondering if what happened in Texas last week can happen in Michigan? Our correspondent Bonnie Fuller breaks down how reproductive rights could get even more dicey because of the precedent set in Texas by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals. #reprorights #reproductiverights #reproductive #reproductivejustice #reprorightsarehumanrights #reprorightsforall #michigan #michigander #michiganpolitics ♬ original sound –…
