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Kalamazoo County OKs Contentious Health Fund

By John McNeill • Apr 7, 2021
Andy Robins / WMUK

Kalamazoo County commissioners have approved funding for a controversial first-of-its-kind health program by the narrowest of margins.

How The Fight Over Abortion Rights In Michigan Became More Partisan And More Secretive

By Cheyna Roth & Craig Mauger • Sep 10, 2019
Anti-abortion advocates gather outside the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis in June of 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Jeff Roberson / The Associated Press

The race would decide which party controlled the Michigan Senate. Right to Life — the state’s leading anti-abortion group — backed the Democrat. It was a 1985 special election. The Democratic candidate’s name was Stephen Monsma, a former lawmaker and Calvin College political science professor.


New Budget Would Bar Payments To Planned Parenthood

By • Jun 13, 2018
State Capitol Rotunda - file photo by Cheyna Roth, Michigan Public Radio Network
Cheyna Roth / Michigan Public Radio Network

(MPRN-Lansing) The Legislature has sent Governor Rick Snyder the new state budget, including a provision that attempts to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. Snyder and the Legislature’s disagree on the provision, which could lead to a showdown on whether it will be enforced. 

"Choose Life" Fundraising License Plate Bill On Its Way To The Governor

By Cheyna Roth • May 26, 2017
State Capitol - file photo
Kevin Lavery, WKAR

(MPRN-Lansing) Controversial legislation surrounding license plate fundraising is on its way to Governor Rick Snyder’s desk. 

Schuette Files Lawsuit to Close Abortion Clinic

By Rick Pluta • Apr 8, 2016

Michigan Attorney Bill Schuette has filed a lawsuit to shut down an abortion clinic in Detroit.
    
Schuette’s office says this is the third time the anti-abortion Republican has used this particular law to shut down an abortion provider – in this case, the Summit Women’s Center in Detroit.     

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