MI: Whitmer, Planned Parenthood Advocates call for legislation to remove barriers to abortion care
Michigan voters approved the constitutional right to abortion in the last election, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed a repeal of a 1930s trigger law criminalizing abortion. But attendees at a Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) lobby day on Tuesday say it’s not enough.
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Michigan was left with a 1931 abortion ban on the books, though preliminary injunctions issued by judges kept it from being enforced. Then Michigan voters approved, Prop 3, a reproductive health care amendment to the state constitution in November.
Whitmer and other speakers at the lobby day impressed upon attendees the need to solidify the right to reproductive health care in Michigan law and remove hurdles to abortion that remain on the books.
“There is more work to do here to repeal outdated, medically unnecessary, unconstitutional abortion restrictions,” Whitmer said at the event at Lansing Central United Methodist Church. “There are several pieces of legislation and policies that we can pursue and I look forward to working with all of my allies here with Planned Parenthood and my partners in the legislature to make sure that we get it done.”
The policy recommendations from PPAM include removing the requirement for consent from a parent or legal guardian for a minor to access an abortion and removing the 24-hour waiting period for an abortion.
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/05/02/whitmer-planned-parenthood-advocates-call-for-legislation-to-remove-barriers-to-abortion-care/
