Michigan to Vote on Adding Abortion Right to State Constitution in November
Michigan voters will decide in November whether to codify abortion rights in the state’s constitution after the Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of adding a proposed amendment to the ballot.
The initiative, if passed, would amend Michigan’s constitution to establish “a fundamental individual right to reproductive freedom” that includes abortion access, contraception, miscarriage management and more.
The amendment would also allow allow the state to regulate abortion after fetal viability “provided that in no circumstance shall the state prohibit an abortion that, in the professional judgement of an attending health care professional, is medically indicated to protect the life of physical or mental health of the pregnant individual.”
