Tag Archives: HB 5711

Snyder signs anti-abortion omnibus bill, drastically reducing women’s reproductive options, and driving even more educated young women from Michigan

By Mark | December 28, 2012

Well, it looks like Governor Snyder did what many of us were fearing that he’d do… This afternoon, while most of us were at home, enjoying the holidays with our families, he signed the anti-abortion omnibus bill into law. The following is from the Daily Beast. Michigan women will face new obstacles to legal abortion [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Church and State, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Rants | Also tagged 5711, abortion, brain drain, Ed Rivet, Michigan Right to Life, old white men making decisions on women's health, Planned Parenthood, Rebekah Warren, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Roe v. Wade, war on women, women's health, women's rights | 28 Comments

It’s possible that Michigan could be left with only one abortion facility if Governor Snyder signs the bills currently on his desk…. Call his office, and tell your friends today!

By Mark | December 19, 2012

As we’ve discussed here before, among the proposed new laws put on Governor Snyder’s desk during the lame duck session of the Michigan legislature, was a package of anti-abortion bills known collectively as the 5711 omnibus. This package, if passed, in addition to stopping doctors from using telemedicine to care for women looking to terminate [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 5711, abortion, guns, NARAL, old white men making decisions on women's health, Planned Parenthood, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Roe v. Wade, SB 612, SB 613, SB 614, Senate Bill 975, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, telemedicine, veto, women's health | 24 Comments

Protecting us from the nonexistent threat of Sharia Law, putting guns in classrooms, restricting reproductive health care access for women, and resurrecting an Emergency Manager law that the people of Michigan have already said no to… these are the new priorities of our legislators in Lansing

By Mark | December 13, 2012

Do you remember, a week or so ago, when we were discussing the anti-abortion omnibus bill (HB 5711), often referred to in the national press as “the country’s most restrictive anti-abortion bill“? Well, it passed the Michigan Senate today, and, after a quick trip back to the House, where a few edits need to be [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged 5711, abortion, ALEC, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Manager, Islamophobia, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, personal property tax, Proposition 1, reproductive justice, Senate Bill 865, Sharia law, women's rights | 36 Comments

For those of you who were wondering what the Republican endgame would look like, just turn your attention toward Michigan, where women’s rights, gay rights, public education, and unions are all being systematically dismantled before our eyes, in one fell swoop

By Mark | December 7, 2012

Not only did both houses of Michigan’s Republican-controled legislature, with the aid of billionaire conservative activists like Dick DeVos and the Koch brothers, jam through controversial right-to-work legislation this afternoon, in violation of long-honored rules, as members of the public were forced from the Capitol by armed police and pro-labor protestors were assaulted with pepper [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Brandon Dillon, Dick DeVos, HB 4054, HB 4157, HB 4466, health care, Jeff Irwin, Koch brothers, public education, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Roger Kahn, threats to public education, war on women | 51 Comments

“Keep your hands off MI vagina”

By Mark | June 17, 2012

As you likely already know, Representative Lisa Brown was banned “indefinitely” from the floor of the Michigan House last week, when, in response to a coordinated, all-out Republican assault on women’s reproductive rights, she said, “I’m flattered you’re all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.” The story, as it’s being related online, [...]