Michigan Voters to Decide Abortion Rights on November Ballot

Michigan voters will decide this fall whether the state will preserve the right to legal abortions after a coalition of reproductive rights groups collected more than enough signatures to put the question on the November ballot.

The proposal would keep abortion legal in one of the nation’s key swing states, and preserve the right to, “carry out decisions without political interference about all matters relating to pregnancy, including birth control, abortion, prenatal care, and childbirth.” The coalition needed 425,000 signatures to get the measure on the fall ballot and acquired 754,000.

If the state’s voters approve the measure with a ...