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The ACLU of Michigan is asking state regulators to examine a Catholic health system’s policy of not providing tubal ligations. The ACLU filed the complaint with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) against Ascension. It’s on behalf of a pregnant woman whose doctor, affiliated with Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, advised her to get a tubal ligation in conjunction with a planned C-section. Credit Robin Erb / Bridge But just this year, Ascension adopted a policy of not performing that procedure because of a religious directive from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. That leaves the patient without many good options, said ACLU senior staff attorney Syeda Davidson. ....
As of Wednesday, 4,055 people incarcerated in the state have COVID-19. Credit: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 8:29 PM EST January 13, 2021 A coalition of eight groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, are urging the governor s office and the state health department director to prioritize the vaccination of people who are incarcerated. COVID-19 has spread in every Michigan prison facility, infecting over half of the population since March and killing 123 people. As of Wednesday, Michigan s Department of Corrections (MDOC) reported 4,055 people currently have the virus. The state has one of the highest infection rates in the country, according to The Marshall Project. ....
Michigan's guidelines for prioritization of the COVID-19 vaccine includes staff in correctional facilities and homeless shelters in its early phases, but ....