WASHINGTON (Michigan News Source) – As the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a case that could restrict access to a common abortion pill, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and other Michigan lawmakers are taking to social media to assure Michiganders that abortion remains legal in the state.

“I’ve fought like hell to protect reproductive freedom and I’m not backing down now, or in the future — no matter what happens,” Whitmer wrote on X earlier this week.

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Mifepristone is a drug that blocks progesterone, a hormone required to maintain a pregnancy. In 2021, the FDA ruled that mifepristone could be legally dispensed by mail. The upcoming court case will be heard in the spring. It challenges the pill’s ready availability on the grounds that the FDA’s earlier approval of the drug was flawed.

“This is a politically motivated attack with no basis in medical science,” Planned Parenthood of Michigan said in a statement. “We want you to know that mifepristone remains legal, available, and FDA-approved in Michigan. If you have an abortion scheduled, you can keep your appointment.”

The court’s announcement came shortly after Gov. Whitmer signed the final bill of Michigan’s Reproductive Health Act into law. It repealed a ban on insurance coverage of abortion without a separate rider. Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) sponsored the bill, who said she was proud of the new legislation.

“People deserve to receive accessible, safe abortion care so they can truly make personal decisions without government interference or systematically enforced stigmas,” Pohutsky said in a statement.

Whitmer said she saved this bill for last so she could sign it on the ten-year anniversary of her participation in debate over an abortion restriction in the Michigan legislature.

“I took the podium, threw aside my prepared remarks, and shared a story that I had only told a handful of people,” Whitmer recalled. “I talked about the time I was raped in college. Thankfully, it did not result in a pregnancy but if it had, I knew that I could get the care I needed.”

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Earlier this week, Whitmer shared the story of a woman named Jessica, who had an abortion at age 16 after dropping out of high school.

“I knew I had to get my life together, so I called my mom, and she took me to get my first abortion,” Jessica told Whitmer. “I’m so proud to live in Michigan.”