Voters Could Protect Abortion Rights In Michigan
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🗓️ 10 May 2022
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Summary
Michigan has a 1931 law on the books that criminalizes abortion. That law has not been enforced since 1973 when Roe v Wade was decided, but it hasn’t been repealed either. And so it would take effect again should Roe be overturned because the state’s GOP-controlled legislature said they don’t plan to revoke it. We talk with Kelly Hall of The Fairness Project, which is gathering signatures to put a referendum on the ballot this fall to bypass the legislature and take the matter directly to voters. If they approve it, the measure would amend the state’s constitution to make reproductive freedom a right.
And in headlines: Vladimir Putin doesn’t declare victory on Russia’s Victory Day, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is projected to be the next president of the Philippines, and President Biden announced a plan to subsidize broadband Internet for low-income homes.
Show Notes:
- Michigan Reproductive Freedom For All – https://mireproductivefreedom.org/
- Ban Off Our Bodies Rally on May 14th – https://bit.ly/3P1KxgN
- Donate to abortion funds, take action and more via Vote Save America – votesaveamerica.com/roe
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 10th. I'm Gideon Resnick. |
| 0:08.3 | And I'm Josie Deffy Rice, and this is What A Day. |
| 0:10.8 | Encouraging people who want to pull its surprise yesterday to reward themselves with a day off |
| 0:15.2 | from being geniuses. |
| 0:16.6 | Yeah, just write some of the worst stuff you can ever do today. |
| 0:21.2 | Just as like an exercise, you know, you love challenges. |
| 0:23.5 | This will be a challenge to yourself. |
| 0:24.8 | It's a day of failure as a gift. |
| 0:31.4 | On today's show, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not declare victory over Ukraine |
| 0:35.4 | and the country's victory day holiday yesterday. |
| 0:37.9 | Plus, the son of the Philippines former dictator, Burdenan Marcos, is poised to be the country's |
| 0:42.6 | next ruler. |
| 0:43.8 | But first, we want to turn to reproductive rights. |
| 0:46.2 | So following the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion last week that would overturn Roe v Wade, many |
| 0:50.5 | states are working on what their abortion laws could look like in the future. |
| 0:54.0 | However, in Michigan, they're looking backwards. |
| 0:57.2 | There is a 1931 law already on the books there that defines abortion as a felony. |
| 1:02.2 | It also makes performing an abortion in many circumstances, including in cases of rape |
| 1:06.0 | and incest illegal, and forbids the use of drugs to induce an abortion. |
| 1:10.4 | Thankfully, that law has not been enforced since 1973 when Roe was decided, but it hasn't |
| 1:14.8 | been repealed either, and so it would take effect again should Roe be overturned. |
| 1:19.3 | And last month before the Supreme Court leaked, Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen |
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