Planned Parenthood of Michigan

Michigan Public's Kate Wells discusses her recent reporting on the financial pressures faced by some Planned Parenthood clinics.

Today, financial pressure on abortion providers, a southeast Michigan writer who wove a multi-generational story, and WMU's incoming president on mid-sized schools.

New financial pressures on clinics that provide abortion are forcing some to close their doors, even in states that protect the right to abortion.

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is closing clinics in Marquette, Petoskey, and Jackson, and consolidating two Ann Arbor centers into one. It’s also cutting 10% of staff.

A decision from the Michigan Supreme Court is required to end confusion and uncertainty about the statewide status of abortion rights, according to briefs filed by Planned Parenthood and Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The decision to overturn federal protections for access to abortions has elicited strong reactions among people on both sides of the issue. We hear from two of them.

We talk about the decision by the Supreme Court to overturn the right to an abortion in Roe v. Wade with a health care provider. We also hear from both an abortion-rights advocate and an abortion rights opponent. In between we feature a discussion with a chef about her bean muffins.

The new CEO of Planned Parenthood of Michigan discussed her hopes for abortion access in the state. Then, a new book features the works of Arab Americans in Detroit. Also, we talked with the co-founder of Detroit’s first and only Bud and Breakfast.

Two separate lawsuits seeking to protect abortion rights have been filed in Michigan courts — one by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the other by Planned Parenthood. We talked about the legal argument they make.

Michigan still has a 90-year-old state law on the books that bans abortions. The state hasn’t enforced the law since the 1970s, when Roe v. Wade set the…