I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
State Senator David Robertson (R-Grand Blanc Twp.) has introduced a bill that would require doctors to offer keepsake ultrasound photos to women who are seeking abortions.
Michigan Planned Parenthood leader Lori Lamerand said today that extremists in Congress are holding the budget hostage over abortion concerns.
Anti-abortion rights activists in Auburn delivered over 10,000 petition signatures to the city council Monday night demanding they stop or limit a Planned Parenthood operation in the city.
Planned Parenthood and the issue of abortion have been the target of Republicans around the country as they’ve taken control of legislatures in the past two months, but now the issue is hitting home for the city of Auburn Hills.
Two of the top-tier Michigan Democrats considering a bid for governor this year have something unusual in common. Two of the Democrats at least thinking about mounting a run are both long-time opponents of a woman’s right to choose an abortion — state House Speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township and U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak of Menominee.
Planned Parenthood, MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation are launching a brand new initiative to increase awareness and testing for sexually transmitted infections among Americans 25 years and younger. The new program is designed to connect to tech savvy youth by using the common cyberese of abbreviating longer phrases — like Oh my God to [...]
A new survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy and partner Cosmogirl.com finds that over one third of teenagers 13-19 and young adults 20-26 are involved in sending semi-nude and nude photos of themselves through the internet. According to the study, 22 percent of teen girls and 18 percent of [...]
A new advertising campaign by condom company Durex is raising eyebrows, and questions, at Michigan State University about how to have a healthy conversation about safer sex.
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