Politics & Government
House Health Policy Committee Advances Michigan Abortion Reporting Requirements To Full Chamber
The bill package was lauded as "common sense laws" by Genevieve Marnon, legislative director for Right to Life of Michigan.
December 10, 2025
Michigan’s House Health Policy Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday to advance three bills seeking to increase reporting requirements for abortions, with nine Republicans voting in favor and three Democrats voting against the legislation.
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The proposed legislation would require abortion providers to report detailed information about each abortion procedure and the person receiving it, including demographics like age and race as well as the method of payment for the abortion and the patient’s previous pregnancies and abortions.
Michigan had previously published reports annually with detailed statistics on abortions, including demographic data and information on complications, but those ceased after a 2023 law change.
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The bill package, announced at the state’s March for Life rally in early November, was lauded as “common sense laws” by Genevieve Marnon, legislative director for Right to Life of Michigan in her testimony to the House committee in November.
But Dr. Katherine Starr, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Michigan, warned that the bills would “single out abortion care from all other kinds of health care,” while imposing administrative burdens on health care providers and raising privacy concerns for patients.
The bills will now go to the full state House of Representatives, where a Republican majority is expected to pass them. However, it would be unlikely for the bills to pass through a Democratic-controlled Senate or be signed by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who signed the bill removing these reporting requirements in 2023.
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