If Michigan Abortion Patients Screw Up Printing a Form, Their Appointment Gets Canceled

This “informed consent” form is part of the state’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period; people have to sign it to testify that they’ve reviewed materials the state requires (which are on a different webpage) before they can have an abortion. They have to print out the form and sign it at least 24 hours before the appointment but not more than two weeks early—the form expires after that point. The online form automatically generates a timestamp and providers have to double-check it before they can proceed.

This is the new literacy test for abortion. Completely arbitrary and useless processes that are enacted to stop people from exercising their rights.

A 24-hour waiting period is not reasonable at all. I think some people might believe that the two appointments are actually 24 hours apart. There's no guarantee that will be true. They can easily be days or weeks apart and time people out of getting their abortion, not to mention the extra time for childcare, days off work, and likely travel.