Women who are in favor of abortion rights in Michigan are mobilizing to promote the vote next November for the Democratic candidates who are the ones they support. The state is the only one that so far will have the right to abortion on the ballot, since it has become a central issue in the candidates’ campaigns.

Michigan is one of the most competitive presidential battlegrounds in the country, voters will also decide state offices, including that of governor who is focused on abortion and secretary of state. The state has sought to have the right to abortion included in the State Constitution.

Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer sued prior to the US Supreme Court ruling seeking to overturn the 1931 ban. Michigan’s 1931 abortion law prohibits abortion without exceptions for rape or incest and criminalizes nurses and doctors for doing their jobs. Under this law, almost all abortions would be considered a serious crime with a possible penalty of up to four years in prison.

In August, a judge prevented prosecutors from enforcing the law, so the governor said: “I will continue to use all the tools in my toolbox to fight like hell for women and health care providers.”

Reproductive Freedom for All that supports the amendment of the right to abortion, collected more than 750,000 signatures on petitions to put the question on the ballot. At a meeting of the State Canvassing Board, the panel decides which questions and candidates qualify for the ballot. After reviewing it, Reproductive Freedom for All appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court, where they ordered it to be implemented.

The Michigan group of Red, Wine & Blue gathered hundreds of women who aim to reach 157,000 voters to reach their goal and be reflected on November 8.

The issue has already generated intense interest among voters and pushback from Republicans and abortion opponents.

In other states like Idaho, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Arizona they have implemented laws where abortion is prohibited and some have certain exceptions. The law that almost totally bans abortion in Arizona went into effect last week and mandates two to five years in prison for anyone who provides an abortion or the means for an abortion.

In West Virginia, a bill has been passed to ban almost all abortions, victims of rape and incest will be able to abort up to eight weeks pregnant, but only if they first inform law enforcement.

In Idaho, Judge B. Lynn Winmill agreed with the United States Government, which appeared as the plaintiff, and ruled that the state cannot ban abortion in situations where your practice follows the standards set by the federal Emergency Care Administration.

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