'Keep in mind that the state of abortion rights in Michigan is very much on the line. Being quiet right now is a political choice.'
"Keep in mind that the state of abortion rights in Michigan is very much on the line. Being quiet right now is a political choice.
"We are standing up in solidarity against groups who are trying to take away human rights and restrict medical care." Current and incoming students at the University of Michigan Medical School gathered more than 340 signatures on a petition calling on the school to select another speaker, arguing that Collier's support for keeping specific forms of medical care out of reach for patients is"antithetical to the tenets of reproductive justice."
Planned Parenthood of Michigan filed a lawsuit in April in the state Court of Claims, challenging a 1931 ban on abortion care. A preliminary injunction was granted in May and the case against the law is proceeding.
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