Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bills Wednesday addressing birth control access and maternity ... and about 1/3 of the state's Michigan counties have no OB/GYN specialists at all.

By the fall of 2026, the state's licensing agency and pharmacy ... bills described them as a way of expanding access to birth control in Michigan. Democratic lawmakers passed the bills along ...

pushing beyond current federal law which requires insurers to pay for birth control only if it's prescribed. The plan approved Wednesday would require private insurers in Michigan and the state's ...

LANSING, Mich — Among a flurry of bills signed into law this week in Michigan includes a measure that allows pharmacists to prescribe birth control to patients. House Bills 5435 and 5436 aim to ...

Wayne, the state’s ... central Northern Michigan (Wexford, Osceola and Clare), and in the northwest Upper Peninsula (Houghton and Keweenaw). Below is a map of Michigan’s birth rates by county.

With this milestone, Michigan becomes the 43rd state to license birth centers, paving the way for increased access to safe and equitable birth options across the state. "This is a significant ...