The scaled back package of bills known as the Reproductive Health Act will repeal regulations aimed at abortion providers, known as TRAP laws, that critics had said were designed to close abortion providers.
Last November, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a citizen-led ballot proposal — known as Prop 3 — that enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution.
Whitsett, a Detroit Democrat, opposed the repeal of a state law that requires patients to wait 24 hours before receiving an abortion.
A group of some of the state's top abortion right advocates slammed Whitsett in a statement after the package's passage.
The organization has called restrictions on Medicaid coverage for abortion “de facto abortion bans” for people with low incomes.
Persons:
Gretchen Whitmer, Laurie Pohutsky, ” Pohutsky, Roe, Wade, Karen Whitsett, Whitsett, member’s, “, Whitmer
Organizations:
— Michigan Democrats, Gov, Reproductive, Michigan, Detroit, Democratic, Detroit Democrat, Whitsett, Democrats, Associated Press
Locations:
LANSING, Mich, Michigan, Detroit