abortion

Officials from Planned Parenthood of Michigan are calling today’s Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade “a dark day for [the] country.” We get the details from WEMU’s Taylor Pinson.

Michigan Medicine will continue to offer abortion services...for now. We get the details from WEMU’s Taylor Pinson.

State Senate Democrats demanded floor time Thursday to chastise Republicans for refusing to allow a vote on any bill to reverse or amend Michigan’s dormant ban on abortion. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Republican-sponsored bill in the state Legislature would impose harsh penalties on abortion providers. The legislation was introduced as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to rule in a case that could roll back abortion rights protections. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Legislature’s Republican leaders say they want to step in to defend the state’s dormant abortion ban if Attorney General Dana Nessel won’t. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday she’s still hopeful the Michigan Supreme Court will quickly take up her legal challenge to the state’s dormant abortion law that would re-criminalize the procedure if the Roe v. Wade decision is reversed. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Democrats in Washington, around the country, and here in Michigan, are scrambling after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion indicates it will overturn the Roe versus Wade decision that legalized abortion. WEMU's David Fair explore this controversy further in his weekly conversation with 12th District Representative Debbie Dingell.

Abortion rights and the future of the Roe versus Wade decision played a big part in a marathon budget debate Thursday in the Michigan House. Rick Pluta was there.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday that she won’t prosecute abortion cases if Roe versus Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court – but she acknowledged that she cannot stop local prosecutors from enforcing a long-dormant state abortion ban. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An attorney says he will take up the case opposing Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s challenge to Michigan’s dormant statutory abortion ban. As Rick Pluta reports, that ban would likely take effect if the US Supreme Court overturns the Roe versus Wade decision.