NonilexJun 27, 2024

#ACLU files suit challenging #Michigan's ban on #Medicaid funding for #abortion

The ACLU of MI has filed a challenge to the state's ban on #MedicaidFundedAbortions, arguing the #law violates the #ConstitutionalRight to #ReproductiveFreedom that MI voters enshrined in the state constitution in Nov 2022.

#ReproductiveRights #healthcare #WomensHealth #WealthGap #HealthCareForTheRich
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/06/27/aclu-files-suit-challenging-michigans-ban-on-medicaid-funded-abortions/74232218007/

ACLU files suit challenging Michigan's ban on Medicaid funding for abortion

The ACLU has filed a challenge to Michigan's ban on Medicaid-funded abortions, arguing it violates the constitutional right to abortion.

The Detroit News
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The filing on behalf of #YWCA #Kalamazoo in the Court of Claims comes 2 days after a judge in the SAME COURT blocked enforcement of other state #regulations on abortion in an order that found the state's 24-hr waiting period, #InformedConsent requirements & a ban on #abortions performed by advance practice clinicians violated the state's voter-approved #RightToAbortion.

#Michigan #law #ReproductiveRights #healthcare #WomensHealth #WealthGap #HealthCareForTheRich #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Medicaid

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The #Democratic-led Legislature had attempted last yr to repeal the ban on #abortions funded by #Medicaid, the state's #HealthInsurance program for #LowIncome residents. But a no vote from one Democratic House member from Detroit foiled the effort in the lower chamber, where #Democrats hold a slim 56-54 majority.

#Michigan #law #ReproductiveRights #healthcare #WomensHealth #WealthGap #HealthCareForTheRich #HealthyIfYoureWealthy

Jun 27, 2024 at 4:49pmWeb
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Bonsitu Kitaba, deputy #legal dir for the #ACLU of #Michigan, argued MI's ban on #Medicaid coverage for #abortion creates a "two-tiered system" between those who can afford #private #HealthInsurance for terminating a pregnancy & those who cannot. The deprivation, Kitaba said, infringes on the fundamental right to #ReproductiveFreedom & is #discriminatory since Medicaid covers #childbirth but not abortion.

#law #healthcare #WomensHealth #WealthGap #HealthCareForTheRich #HealthyIfYoureWealthy