Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) threw a wrench into Republicans' plans to funnel state funding to clinics that lie to pregnant people and don't provide a full range of reproductive health services.
Michigan Republicans have pumped millions into Real Alternatives, which has used taxpayer money to pay for "ineffective advertising and pay increases for its executives," according to a watchdog organization.
Rachel Peterson says a Michigan pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for misoprostol to treat her miscarriage because of a religious objection to abortion.
The legislature can now amend the initiatives with a majority vote instead of putting them on the ballot on election day—which means Republicans can undermine the popular laws.
An excerpt provided exclusively to Rewire.News from Abdul El-Sayed’s civil rights agenda said he would move to repeal a 1931 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan.
Prominent members of the anti-vaccine movement—spreading misinformation about the alleged dangers of vaccines—have close ties to groups that oppose abortion rights.