It’s important to remain informed and proactive within our state government because decisions are made that affect every aspect in your life and your decisions making. On December 12, 2012 Governor Rick Snider signed a bill restricting the rules on abortion leading to 2/3 of abortion clinics in Michigan to close done. With these new restrictions on clinics were made this also changed the policies and practices procedures. This has made getting an abortion within the state of Michigan harder than ever since its legalization from the outcome of the decision made in the Supreme Court in regards to the Roe vs. Wade.

         

Gone are the days when a woman could walk in an abortion clinic and receive an abortion with no questions asked. President Obama and Governor Snyder have created laws that have changed our health care system in two dramatic yet different ways. The state of Michigan has always been open to the right of women over their bodies, however with changing times comes new laws restricting the abilities of clinics operating without oversight and restrictions. This new law according to the associated press changes the ways these clinics operate. The law requires facilities where at least 120 abortions are performed annually to get a license as a free-standing outpatient surgical facility. That would mean more inspections and higher costs for the clinics, and in some cases would require renovations. Every year these License clinics will have to agree to quarterly inspections at the expense of the clinic as well as apply for death certificates for every aborted fetus. This means that these clinics can no longer sell the disposal of fetuses to research labs, Hair Care Company’s and make up companies but either Cremate or burial of these documented remains.  The one exception of donating to the “stem cell” research labs that were legalized by voters in the ballot during the 2000 elections here in Michigan. Does this law indeed protect the women or is it an assault of abortions and the rights of women? Women must undergo many new steps before being granted an abortion Guidance counseling to determine whether or not the women is seeking abortion for legitimist reasoning or whether or not the women is being cohearsed or forced into the abortion ageist her own wishes. This will allow the councilors to inform women of alternative options as well as give clear guidance into the health risk to the women’s body or ability to have children in the future.

This as well gives the councilor a chance to inform the patient of the option to adoption. To the opponents of this bill it is seen as an attack on women’s right over their own bodies. In Roe Vs. Wade, The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman total autonomy over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters. As a result, the laws of 46 states were affected by the Court's ruling.

So the second and third trimesters are left to the state to decide what they deemed appropriate. What this has done is provided a loop hole that just recently has been achieved by our very own state. Prolonging the procedure to reach the second trimester allowing the state to deny the abortion to the women. This has not been done yet however the rate of abortions has fell 30% since this law has hit the books according to the polls taken by the associated press.

          Does this law have legitimacy if it conflicts with the Affordable care act?

Although much controversy has risen since this law was enacting it does not violate the affordable care act. Because the law requires all women who want to have coverage to buy additional insurance for abortion alone/ alone with their current coverage. As of march 12, 2014 all coverage plans from privet or government health care plans will no longer cover abortions in compliance with the affordable care act. Leaving it up to the women to buy insurance by the following day to be within compliance with the state’s laws restricting abortion. If no insurance is purchase, no abortions can be performed, not even if you have cash to pay for the procedure. In a world of changing healthcare system, there must be revamping in all aspects of the field. In the minds of State legislators they deem this revamping appropriate. Gone are the days when a woman could walk in an abortion clinic and receiving an abortion with no questions asked.

Both the president and the governor of Michigan have taken dramatic steps in changing the health care system, even if they may not concur with each other’s ways of doing so. There are many new and yet controversial steps that must be taking in order to follow threw in receiving an abortion whether or whether or not the women agrees with the terms. The legitimacy of the State of Michigan’s overhaul and reform of the Abortion laws coincide and are legitimate with the presidents mandated and Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable care act,

Better think about using protection, you may be denied an abortion and don’t forget to purchase your abortion Insurance.