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Abortion bills in Michigan: Here's what the Legislature is doing
(Detroit Free Press) Michigan voters resoundingly passed a ballot proposal to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution last fall, but a long-dormant abortion ban first enacted in 1931 remains on the state’s books, though it's unenforceable.
Equipped with new majorities in state government, Democratic lawmakers in Michigan are now taking up bills to remove the 1931 ban and codify abortion access at the legislative level.
Both chambers have repealed abortion ban
Democrats assert the state’s books should reflect Proposal 3’s intent to enshrine abortion access.
In both the House and Senate, lawmakers have passed separate packages of bills repealing the 1931 law and references to the criminalization of abortion in Michigan’s penal and corrections codes, which deal with sentencing. ...............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/13/michigan-abortion-bills-legislature-laws/69993142007/