Tag: Michigan Senate

• November 10, 2023

  MI Senate Pushes Through Dangerous RHA

  On Tuesday, November 7, the Michigan Senate passed the Reproductive Health Act. The RHA will now be sent to Governor Whitmer’s desk for her to sign—the final step to passing the package.
• March 16, 2023

  Michigan Senate Democrats

  Vote to Mandate that All Employer Benefit Plans that Cover Pregnancy Now Cover Abortion as Well Longstanding Conscience Protections for Employers Set to Be Removed Lansing, MI – Today, in a strict party-line vote (20-17), State Senate Democrats voted to amend the Elliot Larson Civil Right Act to mandate that all employer benefit plans that…
• March 16, 2023

  SB 147 To Include Abortion In Benefits

  Thursday, March 16th, the Senate voted on SB 147 to amend the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) and redefine “sex” to include termination of pregnancy. This puts a woman seeking an elective abortion on equal footing with a pregnant employee for the purposes of employment benefits and protections. With this change, employers with one…
• March 9, 2023

  Senate Repeals 1931 Law

  Michigan Senate Democrats Send Sweeping Repeal of 1931 Abortion Law to Governor’s Desk; Follows House in Failure to Preserve Reasonable Protections Permitted Under Proposal 3 and In Place Under Roe v. Wade Longstanding Protections for Women and the Unborn in Final Stages of Pregnancy Set to Be Removed in Unprecedented Action Lansing, MI – Today,…