At the polls Tuesday, voters in California, Michigan and Vermont will decide whether to enshrine reproductive freedom rights in their state constitutions, while voters in Kentucky could do the opposite.
A sightseeing bus passes abortion rights supporters marching on Hollywood Boulevard to denounce the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade on July 9, in Los Angeles.Millions of voters will soon determine the fate of abortion access in a handful of states, including Michigan, which could become the first to make an abortion ban permanently unenforceable since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
The measure and its proposed punishments, including up to 20 years behind bars and a maximum $50,000 fine, have been met with fierce opposition from medical providers.The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said such a “cruel” law would mandate aggressive treatments in extremely complex situations, which could “prolong suffering and deny families the choice to offer comfort or spiritual care.
It has left the stakes exceptionally high in Michigan, a key battleground this year. If Proposal 3 — a ballot measure to create a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom — passes, it would invalidate a 1931 state law that bans abortion without exception for rape or incest.
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