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DETROIT – After two successful challenges and for the third time in seven years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it is preparing to file a lawsuit in the latest effort to ban abortion in Michigan now that the Legislature has passed a bill previously vetoed by G
DETROIT – In a victory for women prisoners, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that a tentative settlement agreement was reached in a class-action lawsuit to remedy Livingston County’s refusal to allow women in the jail to use the work release program and mistreatment
Decline to Sign the Petition
In Michigan, Right to Life and the Catholic Conference have just begun a petition drive in an attempt to do an end-run around SB 395, the "legal birth definition act" – legislation vetoed by Governor Granholm last October.
DETROIT – In a precedent-setting settlement, the Ypsilanti Housing Commission (YHC) has agreed to end a policy that led to the eviction of domestic violence victims.
Another deceptive bill to eliminate a woman’s right to choose passed the Senate today. The new bill, called the "legal birth definition act," is an attempt to ban all abortions and will put doctors in jeopardy of facing criminal charges even in cases of completing a miscarriage.
DETROIT – In a blatant attack on personal privacy rights, a Lapeer County judge ordered a woman to submit to a medically "verifiable" method of birth control in an abuse and neglect proceeding regarding her other children, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan who filed a fr