entity in the state they ll be able to prosecute these cases, because you know, abortion rights will be codified into the michigan constitution. that means birth control, which you know for some reason is under attack right now,, in fertility care, prenatal writes, miscarriage, management, all kinds of things to protect women across this state. but that does not mean that if you have the wrong people in positions of authority, they won t do whatever they can to investigate providers, which is uncertain. i will say this, if we get enough people out to vote on this ballot proposal, my hope, my assumption is that they will want to elect, reelect pro-choice candidates for office. not just for the executive offices, but also hopefully in effort to flip the ballots in the senate. because right now, the house and the senate are intervening
michigan or, i can t recall a ballot that s ever been this popular, or ballot proposal which is ever received this kind of support in a way of signatures. i will go to farmers markets around the state in the last month and see a line of people, just waiting to sign this ballot petition. we live in a state where the legislator will not protect us. obviously, the united states, the supreme court will not protect us and now it is up to the citizens of the state of michigan to protect ourselves. that is what we are doing, via this ballot proposal. we spoke to a number of attorney generals in michigan, as we were preparing for this to happen with roe the wade. and a number of them said, including the district attorney from wayne county, which is where detroit s, said they will prosecute these charges. but if i have an attorney general who defeats you, for instance, who does not wish to not prosecute, it is out of their hands?
circulated as we speak. i feel confident that they will get the number of signatures required to make the ballot. and voters in michigan will have an opportunity to pass this ballot proposal which will codify roe into our state constitution, which means that abortion as of the moment, the certification of that the election results, if it passes, roll will constitution, and abortion, birth control, ivf, all of it will be legal in michigan. michigan also has a decades long marriage ban where does the supreme court mean for the lgbtq community? it s the seventh anniversary of obergefell. the ravi schneider. you might recall a little the cases from the sixth circuit
actually went to the supreme court order was consolidated. i remember how happy i was, celebrating our win have been years ago but i always knew in the back of my mind that of course, change, the numbers of the courts changed and it was only a 54 decision that we won by. and that this was a precarious set of circumstances, and it was part of the reason that i planned to be attorney general in the state, because i knew was likely to get at least a couple nominees on the bench. i just needed to get three. that decision is like griswold, the birth control and s like lawrence v. texas, which allows us to even have relationships with same-sex partners. all of that could possibly come back. we do have not only a statute for same-sex marriage but we have a constitutional ban that was passed in 2004. so again, we would have to do another ballot proposal in order to reverse all of that, which is quite an undergoing.
battle for abortion rights in the midwest. thanks so much for being with us. talk to me about what is ahead for abortion access in michigan especially surrounding states enact laws and restrictions. it s uncertain. unconsciously optimistic here in michigan. we have these two lawsuits that are pending, and as was mentioned we have an injunction that stops the very draconian abortion laws that we have not permit exceptions for rape or incest or medical emergencies. and that prohibit also the use of abortion medication. and that s very serious and dangerous. however, we do have junction stopping loss from being enforced right now. more importantly, we have a ballot proposal that is being