turnout. i think people have to start to appreciate just how high the stakes are right now and that failing to come out and vote for pro-choice candidates in the legislature, failing to reelect our governor and failing to put this ballot proposal on the books is literally a matter of life or death for women all around the state of michigan. the guy i m running against has said publicly that he doesn t even believe there should be an exception to save the life of the mother because he doesn t believe there are any circumstances in which a woman would die either during child birth or during her pregnancy. that s how extreme and radical the republicans are on this issue. it should be terrifying to women in this state. michigan attorney general dana nessel, thank you very much. of course, abortion rights opponents have been celebrating this decision. some american women celebrating the abortion ruling around the
women of reproductive age in my state. but the court found there was a likelihood that the lawsuit would prevail, so the court of claims issued a preliminary injunction. that wasn t just binding on me, that s also binding on all 83 county prosecutors in this state. right now abortion remains legal in michigan, but it s a very precarious set of circumstances because the case is being appealed to the court of appeals. if they find that the stay, the preliminary injunction should be lifted, then everything will change in the coming weeks or months. so our only real hope beyond that is a ballot proposal that is garnering some steam. if it makes the ballot in november and if it passes, then roe will be codified into our michigan constitution, making not just abortion legal but
birth control in the event griswold is over turned and ivf, which would be outlawed by our 1931 law. so what are the chances of that referendum? where does the polling stand in michigan in terms of this issue? or should i ask, you know, are democratic voters along with other voters more inclined to vote on the economy, inflation and other kitchen table concerns? hard to know. one would hope with the polling that we ve seen on the issue of abortion, i mean, at least two out of every three voters in our state, if not more, want to see those protections for abortion rights on the books or in our constitution. it s really a matter of just ensuring they get out to vote. if they come out to vote, they will vote in favor of this ballot proposal. there s no question in my mind. it s really a matter of voter
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 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
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. there s so many things i want to ask you about which i think speaks to how critical ags are in this moment. i want to make sure i get a reaction to this week s january six hearing. and the governor both faced extreme harassment after the election. i wonder what it was like to watch other americans recount more of the same. it wasn t surprising to me, unfortunately, because i we said to the governor and secretary of state, my gosh, we have to write a book about this because nobody s going to believe. this no one will believe that they would have it here in our state. here it would have been nationally. here it was happening in d.c., as we were experiencing all the