Michigan Supreme Court ruling paves way for voters to decide on abortion rights constitutional amendment
Michigan voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in a constitutional amendment this fall after a ruling by the state's Supreme Court.
Michigan voters this fall will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in a constitutional amendment after the state's Supreme Court directed election officials to put the measure on the ballot.
In a 5-2 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the Board of State Canvassers to certify a recent petition to get the abortion question on the Nov. 8 ballot.
The fight over the ballot measure went before the high court after members of the Board of State Canvassers were deadlocked 2-2 over whether to allow the initiative to go before voters this fall. Republicans on the board argued that spacing between certain words in the text of the abortion question rendered it no longer “[t]he full text.”
Some Catholic providers change stance on abortionsAug. 31, 202204:33The court sided with the plaintiffs — Reproductive Freedom for All, an abortion-rights group backing the amendment — and ruled that the meaning of the words was "not changed by the alleged insufficient spacing between them."
"We are glad that the Court affirmed the will of the people," the group tweeted after Thursday's ruling. "Be sure to vote #YesOn3 this November 8."
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