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The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act has been broadened to include discrimination protections for Michiganders who receive abortions, under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday.
A bill in Michigan would amend the 1976 state civil act to include protections for LGBTQ people.
Proponents of a Michigan constitutional protections for abortion vowed existing limits remain in place. That doesn’t preclude a Democrat-led Legislature from eventually changing them.
Whitmer was pressed twice on whether she had any concerns after pro-abortion group Jane's Revenge was accused of vandalizing a property housing a congressman's office and pro-life group.
The short answer is: yes. Plan B and other contraceptive measures remain legal in Michigan. But language in the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe leads some to believe that legal protections for birth control might be in trouble.