Michigan voters will decide in November whether to codify abortion rights in the state's constitution after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in favor of adding a proposed amendment to the ballot.
on whether the ballot initiative should move forward, leading to the appeal before the state's high court.
The two Republicans on the state board cited formatting and spacing issues in the initiative's text as reasons not to approve the proposal.rulingA volunteer wears pins as she gathers signatures for a proposed abortion amendment at Ferndale Pride in Ferndale, Mich., June 4, 2022.
"They would disenfranchise millions of Michiganders not because they believe the many thousands of Michiganders who signed the proposal were confused by it, but because they think they have identified a technicality that allows them to do so, a game of gotcha gone very bad," McCormack continued. "What a sad marker of the times."
Reproductive Freedom for All, the group behind the ballot initiative, said Thursday that they were "glad that the Court affirmed the will of the people." In a dissenting opinion, Judge Brian Zahra, a Republican nominee, said he had "doubts that the form and content of the petition comply with Michigan law."