At least five states will consider referendum measures in the Nov. 8 midterm elections meant to either preserve or ban the abortions
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Last year, she sponsored legislation repealing a 1931 Michigan law that banned abortion, in anticipation it would go back into effect if the Supreme Court overturned Roe. A Republican majority in the state legislature ensured her bill went nowhere. The workaround was gathering enough signatures to put abortion directly on the ballot. For now, a state court has blocked the 1931 law. Advocates fear that a future judicial decision could revive it absent Proposal 3.
“Gretchen is out there saying that I’m going to be able to do something about that issue in this state. You all know, it’s on the ballot, it’s been decided by a judge, don’t let her bright shiny thing distract,” Ms. Dixon said. “There are a lot of instances where you really need to have an abortion, and a woman should have her own choice,” said Hilda Ansara, 69, as she stood with her friend Angela Bahu, 48, in the Twelve Oaks shopping centre in Novi. Added Ms. Bahu: “The legislature has no place in our personal business.”
A dozen or so Republican activists who gathered to wave election signs on a nearby street corner one recent evening said they opposed Proposal 3. Some contended that Ms. Dixon had been too reticent on the issue. “Speak your mind, girl!” Marge Stadwick, 60, exhorted her.
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