US EditionChallenge to Michigan ban on taxpayer-funded abortions rejected
MICHIGAN, JUL 10 – Judge rules lawsuit lacks standing despite 2022 abortion rights amendment; over 75% of affected low-income residents could qualify for Medicaid support, ACLU said.
- On July 3, a judge from the Michigan Court of Claims ruled against a lawsuit that contested the state's prohibition on state-funded abortions for low-income individuals.
- The ACLU and Goodwin Procter, representing YWCA Kalamazoo, filed a lawsuit contending that Medicaid should cover abortion services for low-income individuals following a 2022 state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.
- The judge ruled YWCA Kalamazoo lacked legal standing since it is a nonprofit that does not provide abortion care or have reproductive freedom, as outlined in an 18-page opinion.
- Michigan's Medicaid program covers abortion procedures only when necessary to preserve the life of the woman or in situations involving rape or incest, whereas Medicaid funds abortion services in 17 other states.
- The ruling upholds a decades-old ban despite the 2022 state constitutional amendment ensuring abortion rights, and the ACLU said it is evaluating possible next steps.
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Challenge to Michigan ban on taxpayer-funded abortions rejected
A Michigan judge rejected a challenge to the state’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents. The lawsuit argued that the ban had no standing after Michiganders voted in 2022 to pass a constitutional amendment ensuring the right to an abortion. Judge Brock A. Swartzle ruled the group that filed the lawsuit…
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