Abortion in Michigan is legal at all stages of pregnancy.[1][2] A state constitutional amendment to explicitly guarantee abortion rights was placed on the ballot in 2022 as Michigan Proposal 22–3;[3] it passed with 57 percent of the vote, adding the right to abortion and contraceptive use to the Michigan Constitution.[4] The amendment largely prevents the regulation of abortion before fetal viability, unless said regulations are to protect the individual seeking an abortion, and it also makes it unconstitutional to make laws restricting abortions which would protect the life and health, physical and/or mental, of the pregnant individual seeking abortion.[5]
A 1931 law, Section 750.14, criminalized abortion except when the pregnant person's life was in danger, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization would have allowed that law to go back into effect, but on September 7, 2022, a Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled that that law violated the Michigan Constitution.[6] The law was ruled null and voided due to the 2022 amendment, and it was formally repealed by statute on April 5, 2023.[7]
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- ^ Yu, Yue Stella (September 8, 2022). "Supreme Court clears abortion, early voting proposals for Michigan ballot". Bridge Michigan. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Michigan Proposal 3 - Reproductive Freedom Election Results". Detroit Free Press. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Hendrickson, Clara (November 9, 2022). "Proposal 3: Michigan voters embrace abortion rights amendment". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ White, Ed (September 7, 2022). "Judge strikes down 1931 Michigan law criminalizing abortion". WOOD-TV. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Kekatos, Mary. "Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bill repealing 1931 abortion ban". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
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