Mohamed Bughrara, Macomb Digest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has issued a new executive order mandating state agencies and programs look into ways to strengthen reproductive health care protections particularly as they relate to access to birth control. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) gives women
Parker Wallis, Macomb Digest Less than 40 days remain until this year’s midterm elections and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) is running for re-election in Michigan, and her Republican challenger in November is Trump-endorsed election denier Kristina Karamo. Republicans are using the last few weeks
Oliver Willis The Inflation Reduction Act allows the government to negotiate drug prices and caps prescription drug costs through the Medicare program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced 2023 Medicare premium rates on Tuesday, confirming that they will decrease for the coming year. The 3% decrease, a drop of
Oliver Willis Proposals from Sens. Rick Scott and Ron Johnson would require Congress to repeatedly authorize funding for Social Security and Medicare. President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned about Republican proposals that would put programs such as Social Security and Medicare at risk of being cut. During a
Kaishi Chhabra Matt DePerno, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, pushes the lie that Plan B is used to terminate pregnancy. Matthew DePerno, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, recently suggested that emergency contraceptive pills such as Plan B should be banned from the state in the
Trish Harrison For most of my life, politics weren’t my thing. In my mind, they seemed dirty and muddy and always had been. Then Donald Trump got elected and scared the crap out of me. The tipping point, I told my husband, would be if Roe v.
Lisa Needham After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception. Conservatives scored a big win when the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade. Now, hardline anti-abortion activists are teeing up an even bigger attack: banning birth control. Already, activists are calling for the end of birth