Full coverage means offering in-person and telehealth care, lowering cost-sharing requirements, covering travel expenses for out-of-state care and expanding contracts with providers who can offer reproductive care, according to a news release.
Michigan has a 1931 law on the books that criminalizes abortion with no exceptions, which went into effect when Roe v. Wade was overturned June 24.
In April, Ms. Whitmer’s office filed a lawsuit asking the Michigan Supreme Court to stop enforcement of that law and recognize the right to abortion under a privacy clause in the Michigan Constitutition, but the court has not issued a decision.
On May 17, a Michigan judge temporarily halted enforcement of the law because of a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood, meaning abortion is legal for now in Michigan.
