ABORTION BAN

A new year and new control in the Michigan Legislature as for the first time in 40 years, Democrats will hold the State House of Republicans, State Senate, and Governor’s office.

Watch the complete ruling as an Oakland County judge grants a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks county prosecutors from enforcing Michigan's abortion ban.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction that bars county prosecutors from enforcing Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban post Roe.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge is set to rule Friday morning on whether or not to grant a preliminary injunction that would continue to block the enforcement of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban.

We are hours away from an Oakland County judge ruling on whether abortion services can continue across Michigan. That decision is pending while anti-abortion groups are working on getting a potential abortion proposal kicked off the ballot.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Thursday continued to hear arguments for and against issuing a preliminary injunction that would continue to block the enforcement of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban post Roe.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday afternoon will hear arguments for and against extending a temporary restraining order that is currently blocking the enforcement of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban post Roe.

An Oakland County judge blocked prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 Abortion Ban. That ruling came just hours after a court of appeals ruled the ban could be enforced.

A judge in Oakland County has just granted a temporary restraining order in response to a ruling Monday morning that cleared the way for county prosecutors to enforce Michigan’s 1931 Abortion Ban.

Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit responded to a new Michigan Court of Appeals ruling on abortion.

The Michigan Court of Appeals made a ruling that will allow the state’s 83 county prosecutors to begin enforcing the 1931 ban on abortions.

Supporters of a petition to make access to abortion a part of the Michigan constitution submit a record number of signatures Monday. The group submitted 753,000 signatures, well above the threshold, to get the issue on the November ballot.

Groups seeking to codify the right to abortion care in Michigan have submitted a record number of signatures in favor of a ballot initiative that would put the vote up to Michiganders this fall. Watch them speak live.

A push to add a proposal to the November ballot on the right to an abortion in Michigan is nearing approval after a record-breaking haul of signatures were submitted on Monday.

Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature is asking the state Court of Appeals to lift a temporary injunction that is blocking the enforcement of the state’s 1931 abortion ban, keeping abortion legal in Michigan following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

With confusion and uncertainty over abortion laws and abortion care circulating throughout the state, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reminding residents and health care providers that abortion is currently legal in the state.

The University of Michigan has created a task force of faculty and students to prepare for a potential abortion ban in the state should Roe v. Wade be overturned.

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Marilyn Kelly, former Michigan Supreme Court justice, joins Flashpoint in the height of the Roe V. Wade leak.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is making it quite clear she’s not giving up the fight for the right for abortion, even it means taking that battle to State Supreme Court.

A lawsuit filed by the Michigan governor looking to secure the right to an abortion in Michigan has a “decent shot” in the state Supreme Court, according to a former U.S. attorney.

Despite a few centuries of experience as the epicenter of American politics, Washington seldom chooses the “been there, done that” path when a fresh frenzy is there for the taking.

With a controversial new abortion ban in the books in Texas there is a new fight over the issue shaping up here in Michigan.

Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit condemns new abortion ban in Texas.