Michigan House Passes Bills To Prevent Abortion Coercion
A person also couldn't threaten to cut off legally required financial support, such as financial aid or employment, if a woman decides to keep a child.
A person also couldn't threaten to cut off legally required financial support, such as financial aid or employment, if a woman decides to keep a child.
Supporters say the procedure is gruesome and cruel.
Anti-abortion advocates say the procedure, called dilation and evacuation, is essentially the "dismemberment" of a fetus.
While searching his vehicle, police discovered at least a dozen jars containing what is thought to be human tissue -- fetal tissue by some reports.
Democrats, who have called the bills redundant, opposed them after Republicans rejected attempts to also make it a crime to coerce a woman to stay pregnant against her will.
Protests were held at 14 Michigan sites of Planned Parenthood, part of nationwide protests at 290 locations.
Backers say coerced abortions are a real problem and detractors counter that they already are illegal.
State Democratic Representative Sarah Roberts of St. Clair Shores co-sponsored a bill that would overturn the law.
The new law requires residents or businesses wanting health insurance coverage for abortions to buy extra coverage.
The vast majority of people in this state don't want this ugly policy. A lot of them are extremely offended by it."
If lawmakers vote to restrict insurance coverage of abortions in Michigan, it would affect a small number of abortions because the vast majority already are paid for out of pocket.
Michigan abortion foes have collected enough signatures to put a proposal before lawmakers to ban abortion coverage from health plans unless a separate policy is bought.
Right to Life of Michigan says taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for other people's abortions.
A Washtenaw County man who uses his car to spread an anti-abortion message is suing the city of Ann Arbor and its police chief over what he says is the violation of his free-speech rights.
Supporters say the legislation protects religious freedom and is needed particularly in the wake of the federal health care law mandating employer-provided birth control in their health plans.
Michigan abortion clinics will need a state license and must check to make sure women are not being bullied or pressured into getting an abortion under a new law that took effect Sunday.
A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration from requiring Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees.
A state House committee has approved bills to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, leaving out anti-abortion provisions.
A bill that would have required women to undergo vaginal ultrasound examinations before they get abortions won't continue through the House.
The Michigan legislature is seeing new abortion-related proposals that would prohibit some insurance coverage of the procedures and mandate ultrasound examinations.
Forty years ago Tuesday the Supreme Court made abortion legal nationwide in the decision of Roe versus Wade.
It may take days, weeks or even longer to sort out the avalanche of bills enacted in the Michigan Legislature's lame-duck session, as majority Republicans put their stamp on policies dealing with topics as diverse as property taxes, medical marijuana and cockfighting.
The Michigan Legislature gave final approval early Friday to a set of abortion regulations that supporters described as protecting women but opponents denounced as a backdoor assault on the right to terminate pregnancy.
It's the legislation that prompted Michigan's "vagina" controversy.
Ken Cuccinelli aspires to be the next governor of Virginia after spending four years trying to deny women's health care rights, blocking Obamacare and forcing his ideology and personal beliefs on the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Donald Trump is courting Black voters and a conservative group popular with white supremacists during back-to-back stops in Michigan.
Sean "Diddy" Combs was given a key to the city in a Times Square ceremony last year. This week, he honored a request from Mayor Eric Adams that he return it.
The suspect was later found dead by suicide following a standoff at a home in a nearby community, officials said.
Detroit City FC is looking to take a massive step toward its first-ever playoff berth for a women's team.
Detroit City FC returns to Keyworth Stadium this Saturday after a four-game road trip to face off against the 2023 Eastern Conference Champions Charleston Battery.
The suspect was later found dead by suicide following a standoff at a nearby home, officials said.
DTE Energy says there are a few things you can do to keep yourself and your home on the cool side.
A Detroit man and two other people left a restaurant without paying for their food, but a cell phone was left and the man was arrested after he returned to the restaurant.
Donald Trump is courting Black voters and a conservative group popular with white supremacists during back-to-back stops in Michigan.
Sean "Diddy" Combs was given a key to the city in a Times Square ceremony last year. This week, he honored a request from Mayor Eric Adams that he return it.
The board of General Motors approved another $6 billion share repurchase as the Detroit automaker continues to build momentum in 2024.
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain and other union leaders are under investigation by a federal court-appointed monitor, according to a court filing.
Stellantis-owned Chrysler is recalling more than 211,000 SUVs and pickup trucks in the U.S., due to a software malfunction that could disable the cars' electronic stability control systems.
According to officials, users don't have to be a resident of the community to participate in the carshare program, which can be reserved through an app.
Starting at $54,000, the 300-horsepower vehicle with standard supercruise and high-end audio equipment is up for purchase late this year.
Sean "Diddy" Combs was given a key to the city in a Times Square ceremony last year. This week, he honored a request from Mayor Eric Adams that he return it.
Kensington Palace releases a new photo of Kate as the Princess of Wales offers an update on her cancer treatment and announces a step back into public life.
Taylor Swift's long-running and history-making Eras Tour is coming to an end at the end of the year.
Presented by Bank of Ann Arbor, it's a summer tradition that's marking its 17th year in the city.
Alexander Morris, the lead singer of the Four Tops, filed a lawsuit against a Michigan hospital, a nurse and security guard after he was treated like he was mentally ill after he told them he was in the legendary Motown group.
A heat wave will bring dangerously hot temperatures to the Midwest and Northeast next week.
The Hall of Fame player has been the last 24 years working as a studio analyst for TNT and on Friday he announced that next season will be his last on TV.
An experiment found "small but detectable" amounts of infectious H5N1 virus in milk after it was pasteurized for 15 seconds.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it issued the rule outlawing bump stocks.
A housing shortage in Texas and minimum wage increases elsewhere are fueling higher than average inflation in some cities.
Corktown Health plans to open its second facility in Hazel Park on John R. Road, north of Woodward Heights Boulevard.
The Washtenaw County Health Department had reported 21 cases of whooping cough this year as of June, an increase from the previous three years, according to a report released on Thursday.
An experiment found "small but detectable" amounts of infectious H5N1 virus in milk after it was pasteurized for 15 seconds.
Health officials said hikers should take extra precautions to prevent the spread of illness, including filtering water.
Michigan's largest insurance company said it will begin eliminating coverage of various weight loss drugs next year.
Detroit City FC is looking to take a massive step toward its first-ever playoff berth for a women's team.
Detroit City FC returns to Keyworth Stadium this Saturday after a four-game road trip to face off against the 2023 Eastern Conference Champions Charleston Battery.
The Hall of Fame player has been the last 24 years working as a studio analyst for TNT and on Friday he announced that next season will be his last on TV.
Abby Tamer, an athlete at the University of Michigan, was selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic women's field hockey team.
Concordia University announced that all athletic programs at its Ann Arbor campus will be discontinued after the 2024-25 school year.
U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar appears on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters and talks about the mental health crisis impacting the nation, the fallout of the war in Gaza and his re-election campaign.
Lisa Ford appears on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters and talks about Michigan Central Station, which her husband, Bill Ford, Executive Chair of Ford Motor Co., decided to bring back to life in 2018.
Hoekstra, who was endorsed by Trump for the Republican leadership position in February over incumbent Kristina Koramo, talked about the faction of the party still loyal to her.
Bud Denker, chairman of the Detroit Grand Prix, appears and talks about the upcoming race later this month, which will mark its second year on the streets of downtown Detroit.
The winner of the Republican and Democratic August primaries will face off in the general election.
Happy Father's Day! We will see mostly sunny skies with high temperatures in the 80s.
The 42-year-old suspect was later found dead by suicide following a standoff at a home in a nearby community.
Authorities said nine to 10 people were shot, and at least one child, an 8-year-old, was in critical condition.
Authorities say nine to 10 people were shot and at least one child, an 8-year-old, is in critical condition. At least four area hospitals are treating victims.
Multiple people were wounded in a shooting Saturday evening at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, authorities said.