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FILE - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the bill signing ceremony last year of legislation to lift the state’s ban on paid surrogacy contracts.
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Michigan law lifts 38-year-old surrogate ban

Rick Pluta April 2, 2025

The new state law that lifts Michigan’s 38-year-old ban on paid surrogate pregnancy contracts took effect Monday. Michigan banned the...

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Michigan Supreme Court to hear embryo custody case

Rick Pluta March 26, 2025

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over who gets custody of a frozen embryo following a couple’s divorce....

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Two women with opposing views hold signs that read "Unborn lives matter" and "Keep your beliefs out of my healthcare."
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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit advances ordinance setting protest restrictions at health clinics

Sarah Cwiek, Sascha Raiyn October 1, 2024

Detroit is another step closer to passing an ordinance that would put some limits on protesters outside health care facilities.Subscribe...

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs legislation to repeal the 1931 abortion ban statute, which criminalized abortion in nearly all cases during a bill signing ceremony, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Birmingham, Mich.
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Michigan judge issues order against enforcing abortion restrictions

Rick Pluta June 26, 2024

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has entered a provisional order that bars enforcement of a handful of remaining abortion...

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Opill is the first over-the-counter daily oral birth control pill approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Created Equal: First over-the-counter birth control pill expanding contraception access across US

Justina Giglio June 24, 2024

Nearly 60 years after Griswold v. Connecticut, a Supreme Court ruling that allowed married couples to legally use prescription birth...

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Tammy Meyers and 11-year-old Corryn watch Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at the ceremony to sign legislation to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on paid surrogacy contracts.
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Whitmer repeals ban on surrogacy contracts in Michigan

Rick Pluta April 2, 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on the use of paid pregnancy surrogates. Michigan was...

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FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.
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Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication

Associated Press March 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears...

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Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) is one of the sponsors of legislation to legalize surrogacy contracts in Michigan.
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Senate sends IVF bills to Whitmer for signature

Rick Pluta March 20, 2024

Bills on their way to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk would repeal Michigan’s ban on surrogate parenting contracts. Michigan was among...

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Created Equal: Why haven’t we elected a woman president yet?

Created Equal March 6, 2024

Although women participate in politics at much higher rates than they did decades ago, America’s politics are still far from...

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