‘This is a blueprint’: abortion rights ballot proposal takes off in Michigan
by Poppy Noor in Ann Arbor from US news | The Guardian on (#659Q9)
Campaigners feel groundswell of support for proposal to stop a 1931 abortion ban from going into effect
In the spring of this year, Julie Falbaum's 20-year-old son walked into a frat party filled with about 50 of his peers, holding a stack of petitions. They were for a campaign to protect abortion.
Who wants to be a dad?" he yelled. Like a park-goer throwing bread to pigeons, he chucked the forms around the room and watched as dozens of young men swarmed to sign them.
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