{"id":5862,"date":"2021-09-08T13:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/geiss\/?p=5862"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:38:31","slug":"michigan-democrats-advocates-rally-to-support-health-care-womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/geiss\/2021\/09\/08\/michigan-democrats-advocates-rally-to-support-health-care-womens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Democrats, Advocates Rally to Support Health Care, Women\u2019s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 8, 2021) \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Erika Geiss<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Taylor) and Rep.&nbsp;<strong>Laurie Pohutsky<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Livonia), along with&nbsp;<strong>Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan<\/strong>&nbsp;Executive Director Nicole Wells Stallworth and&nbsp;<strong>Planned Parenthood of Michigan<\/strong>&nbsp;Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Wallett, hosted a press conference today to highlight&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 70<\/a>&nbsp;and House Bill 5289, and to discuss Republican efforts to overturn safe access to reproductive health care and abortions across the country.<br \/><br \/>\u201cAbortion is health care \u2014 plain and simple. We must protect the right to health care and ensure those who can become pregnant have access to the people and services that are in their best interest,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Geiss<\/strong>&nbsp;said. \u201cGovernment has no place in dictating health outcomes for anyone, and yet all too often, they do. Senate Bill 70 would ensure that the power remains with the people to oversee their health care decisions. It is beyond time for the Legislature to act expeditiously to pass this bill.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The fight for bodily autonomy and the ability to have an abortion is an integral right protected by the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Introduced by Sen. Geiss and Rep. Kyra Bolden (D-Southfield), respectively, SB 70 and HB 5289 would protect this right by repealing the 1931 Michigan law \u2014 which has been moot since Roe v. Wade \u2014 that would criminalize providers, not patients, if it were enforced.<br \/><br \/>\u201cAs a legislator, and now as governor, I have stood with women across the state of Michigan who are fighting for their right to choose, and I will not stop now,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer<\/strong>&nbsp;said. \u201cI\u2019m thankful to have such strong partners in the legislature, including Senator Erika Geiss, who has introduced a bill to repeal the state\u2019s nearly-century-old ban on abortion. This legislation is critical, given the Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision allowing Texas\u2019 extreme anti-choice law to stay in place, which sets the United States on a dangerous path towards overturning Roe v. Wade and throwing out the constitutional right to choose that has been in place for 48 years. I will continue to stand in the way of any bills that seek to strip away fundamental rights from women or get in the way of doctors\u2019 ability to do their jobs. I urge the legislature to get this done, and I look forward to signing it.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The new Texas law bans abortions after the sixth week and takes enforcement away from the state, putting it into the hands of private citizens who must litigate the issue in court.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWhat happened in Texas is a test case, and it&#8217;s simply a matter of time before this type of legislation sees action in other states around the country,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Rep. Pohutsky<\/strong>&nbsp;said. \u201cOur state legislature is the last line of defense to preserve access to abortions for all individuals. In part, I ran for office to protect the right for a pregnant person to have a safe abortion, and I look forward to continuing this fight for bodily autonomy in the House of Representatives as we work to pass the House bill that was introduced yesterday.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Senate Bill 70 has been sent to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee where Republicans in charge of the committee have yet to give the bill a hearing.<br \/><br \/>\u201cNo matter what happens, Planned Parenthood of Michigan will work tirelessly to give our patients the high quality, compassionate care they deserve \u2014 the kind of care that helps them live the life they choose,\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Sarah Wallett<\/strong>, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Michigan. \u201cWe need to protect access to that care and make sure our laws match our ideas. More than two thirds of Michiganders want Roe v Wade to stay in place. We can&#8217;t control SCOTUS, but we can make sure that abortion remains safe and legal here.\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u201cTens of thousands of people in Michigan have safe, legal abortions every year. Their reasons are as unique as their backgrounds, lives, and plans for their futures,\u201d added&nbsp;<strong>Nicole Wells Stallworth<\/strong>, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan. \u201cIf the Supreme Court overturns Roe, access to abortion would be threatened \u2014 and with it, the power of countless Michiganders to do what they, their physician, and their loved ones know is best for them. Repealing Michigan\u2019s abortion ban is the surefire way to protect everyone&#8217;s right to make decisions about their future, and we need to pass it now, before we wake up in the same situation as Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 8, 2021) \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;Erika Geiss&nbsp;(D-Taylor) and Rep.&nbsp;Laurie Pohutsky&nbsp;(D-Livonia), along with&nbsp;Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan&nbsp;Executive Director Nicole Wells Stallworth and&nbsp;Planned Parenthood of Michigan&nbsp;Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Wallett, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michigan Democrats, Advocates Rally to Support Health Care, Women\u2019s Rights - Senator Erika Geiss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/geiss\/2021\/09\/08\/michigan-democrats-advocates-rally-to-support-health-care-womens-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michigan Democrats, Advocates Rally to Support Health Care, Women\u2019s Rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LANSING, Mich. 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