Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are hoping a wave of newly-motivated activists will turn out this year to override an abortion ban and put broad reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Supporters of a ballot measure to legalize abortion in Michigan gathered on Monday, after submitting hundreds of thousands of signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
This week, organizers like Mazur submitted more than 750,000 signatures — which they say is a"historic" record — to state election officials in hopes of having the amendment appear on the November ballot. it as a"radical" and dangerous, claiming it would"allow late-term abortions for practically any reason."For Mazur, the desire to"do something" started in 2017, when she and her husband gave their then-two year old daughter some happy news: she was going to be a big sister. The family was thrilled."I found out halfway through the pregnancy that the baby my husband and I hoped for, suffered from a rare and life-limiting genetic condition," says Mazur.
Reproductive Rights for All, a petition group backed by the ACLU of Michigan and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, was gathering signatures for the constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion protections in state law.Dobbs"Folks realized that this big, scary thing that they did not think would happen, might actually happen," says Jessica Ayoub, a field organizer with the ACLU of Michigan.
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