Gloria Steinem weighs in to save hometown abortion provider

Abortion-related restrictions tucked into the state budget bill in 2013 required the partnering hospital to be "local," which nixed an agreement that Capital Care had struck with a public hospital across the Michigan border in Detroit. Steinem strongly urged ProMedica and St. Luke's H...

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Published inAP Financial
Main Author JULIE CARR SMYTH
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York The Associated Press 12.02.2018
Subjects
Abortion
Agreements
Pro choice movement
State budgets
Steinem, Gloria
Womens health
Detroit Michigan
Ohio
Michigan
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Summary:Abortion-related restrictions tucked into the state budget bill in 2013 required the partnering hospital to be "local," which nixed an agreement that Capital Care had struck with a public hospital across the Michigan border in Detroit. Steinem strongly urged ProMedica and St. Luke's Hospital to sign Capital Care's required transfer agreement, in order to retain safe, legal abortions in the area.