Abortion rights activists protest outside the US Supreme Court on June 30, 2022, days after it overturned the nationwide right to abortion
LANSING— Anti-abortion groups and three Republican state lawmakers are challenging the federal constitutionality of an abortion rights proposal passed by voters a year ago today. The filing in Michigan’s Western District federal court Wednesday comes a day after Ohio passed a similar “reproductive freedom” ballot initiative enshrining abortion rights in its state constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022 ruled abortion laws must be left up to the states, overturning a half-century of federal abortion protections and spurring Michigan voters to approve Proposal 3 in the November 2022 ge...
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