Oakland County approves $1.5 million Planned Parenthood contract
The meeting was packed with community members speaking out on both sides of the controversial issue.
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The meeting was packed with community members speaking out on both sides of the controversial issue.
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners is voting on a $1.5 million Planned Parenthood contract.
The organization is closing its Lansing, Livonia and Warren locations.
Planned Parenthood of Michigan has started to offer vasectomy services in Grand Rapids, with plans to expand the procedure across the state.
Officials say the defunding risk has already led to some difficult decisions.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, "The Purposeful Warrior," including her experience with miscarriage.
Planned Parenthood of Michigan will permanently close three health centers and reduce staffing. The three impacted clinics are slated to close at the end of the month.
Michigan pharmacists will be able to directly prescribe birth control under legislation signed by Gov. Whitmer.
Emergency birth control sales and appointments for IUDs spiked after Election Day over fears of what a Trump presidency could mean for women's reproductive rights.
Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are asking for a preliminary injunction expanding the medical exemptions and blocking the hospital-only requirement.
Joshua Brereton, 25, had pleaded guilty to committing arson at the Kalamazoo clinic last July. The clinic was not open at the time.
