{"id":306801,"date":"2024-02-13T06:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T12:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=306801"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:33:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:33:52","slug":"pro-abortion-groups-undo-michigan-safeguards-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-groups-undo-michigan-safeguards-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion groups sue Michigan AG to undo remaining safeguards for abortion seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Due to a relatively new pro-abortion amendment in the state, pro-abortion groups in Michigan are now suing the state to undo even the most basic informed consent and safety measures for women seeking abortions. A <\/span>lawsuit<\/span><\/a> filed by Northland Family Planning Centers in conjunction with Medical Students for Choice against Attorney General Dana Nessel, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs acting Director Marlon I. Brown, and Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel, seeks to end the state’s 24-hour abortion waiting period and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Current state requirements do not allow advanced practice clinicians to commit abortions (physicians may only commit abortions under current law). Current law also requires informed consent<\/a> for women seeking abortions in order to prevent abortion coercion, requiring certain information to be shared with them prior to an abortion, as well as a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can obtain an abortion after receiving the required information. <\/span>\u201cThese requirements also perpetuate the false idea that pregnant Michiganders need the State\u2019s paternalistic intervention,\u201d the lawsuit said. \u201cMichiganders have now stated through the RFFA, in the most forthright terms, that they do not need the state to help them decide what health care is best for them.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n