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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan have endorsed this candidate in the 2024 election.
Sep 20, 2024
“Today is World IVF Day. Every July 25th, this day is observed to celebrate Louise Brown's conception, which was the first IVF baby in history. Let’s celebrate medical advancements in reproductive healthcare that has helped so many create and expand their families! Proud to have my bills, the Michigan Family Protection Act, signed into law this past April.”
Jul 25, 2024
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan endorsed this candidate in the 2024 Primary Election, calling them a "Sexual and Reproductive Health Champion".
Jul 22, 2024
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“It was my great honor to welcome Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to Farmington Hills to discuss the importance of protecting IVF and other assisted reproduction technologies. Let me be clear: reproductive freedom includes those who want to get pregnant but cant. Im proud of the work weve done to make Michigan a leader on this front.”
Mar 28, 2024
“My Assisted Reprodiction and Surrogacy Parentage Act (Michigan Family Protection Act), passed out of the Senate today. On to the Governor!!”
Mar 19, 2024
“The recent Alabama ruling is just the latest attack on personal freedoms and rights of people to make decisions for themselves rather than the government, including attacks on abortion, marriage equality, and access to gender-affirming care. We must not normalize this deliberate and troubling pattern that seeks to turn back the clock.”
Mar 7, 2024
Samantha sponsored a bill that removes references to abortion-related offenses from criminal sentencing laws, after the Michigan Constitution was amended to protect the right to abortion.
Nov 7, 2023
Samantha voted to pass a bill that updates the legal definition of abortion to recognize it as a medical treatment.
Nov 1, 2023
Samantha voted to pass a bill that removes references to abortion-related offenses from criminal sentencing laws, after the Michigan Constitution was amended to protect the right to abortion.
Nov 1, 2023
Samantha voted to pass a bill that further protects Michigan’s new constitutional right to abortion. It also allows healthcare providers to consider broader factors when deciding if an abortion is necessary after fetal viability, and repeals a ban on private insurance coverage of abortion.
Nov 1, 2023
Samantha voted to pass a bill that repeals a number of requirements for facilities providing abortions.
Nov 1, 2023
Samantha sponsored a bill that further protects Michigan’s new constitutional right to abortion. It also allows healthcare providers to consider broader factors when deciding if an abortion is necessary after fetal viability, and repeals a ban on private insurance coverage of abortion.
Sep 7, 2023
Samantha sponsored a bill that replaces references to “elective abortion” with “abortion”.
Sep 7, 2023
Samantha voted to pass a bill that bans employers from discriminating against employees who are pregnant or have terminated a pregnancy.
May 3, 2023
Samantha voted to pass a resolution condemning the April 7, 2023 order by US District Court for Northern District of TX to cease use of mifepristone.
Apr 13, 2023
Samantha sponsored a resolution condemning the April 7, 2023 order by US District Court for Northern District of TX to cease use of mifepristone.
Apr 12, 2023
“Every day I get more and more excited to vote to enshrine reproductive freedom into the Michigan Constitution this November and protect access to abortion. Thank you to NARAL for fighting this fight with us, and for endorsing my reelection campaign!”
Sep 30, 2022
MI List, an organization who works to elect pro-choice candidates to the Michigan legislature, endorsed this candidate in 2022.
Aug 1, 2022
Samantha voted against a bill that bans the use of fetal, embryonic, or newborn tissue, organs, or cells obtained from an abortion in scientific research.
Jul 1, 2022
Samantha voted against a bill that sets criminal penalties for using an embryo, fetus, or newborn for research.
Feb 9, 2022
Samantha sponsored a bill revising The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act to reflect repeal of other laws.
Nov 10, 2021
Samantha sponsored a bill revising laws to reflect the repeal of abortion laws requiring parental consent.
Nov 10, 2021
Samantha sponsored a bill revising criminal sentencing statute to reflect the repeal of laws criminalizing abortion.
Nov 10, 2021
Samantha sponsored a bill that reflects repealed abortion laws; takes use or prescription of drug out of definition of abortion.
Nov 10, 2021
Samantha sponsored a bill that updates criminal sentencing statutes to reflect the repeal of laws criminalizing abortion.
Nov 10, 2021