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Michigan anti-choice activists to end-run Snyder’s veto, initiate petition drive to force insurers to drop abortion coverage

By Mark | May 23, 2013

Last December, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal for insurance companies to include abortion procedures as part of their standard coverage, even in cases of rape, incest, or where the mother’s life is in jeopardy. Undaunted by Snyder’s action, anti-choice activists kept at it, though, and yesterday they […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, abortion rider, Barbara Listing, contraception, death penalty, health insurance, health insurance companies, Michigan Board of State Canvassers, old white men making decisions on women's health, petitions, Planned Parenthood, pro choice, pro-life, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Right to Life of Michigan, sex education, sex for reproduction, women's health | 33 Comments

The War on Women makes its way to Michigan

By Mark | June 7, 2012

I had the opportunity to hear Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, speak earlier this evening. She ended her speech by reminding people that, 96 years ago, Margaret Sanger was arrested for handing out information on birth control to poor, immigrant women in Brooklyn. Richards then mentioned that, last month alone, some 4.4 million […]