Lansing — Legislation pending before the Michigan House would reinstate laws requiring abortion providers to report various personal data on terminated pregnancies to the state, an effort supporters say protects women but critics worry could stigmatize patients.

The proposed Republican-authored reporting requirements would mandate that abortion providers collect non-identifying data such as a woman's age, marital status, gestation period at the time of an abortion, any complications and previous pregnancies or abortions. The state stopped collecting such information when the reporting requirements were repealed in 2023 under a Democratic-led Legislature.

"This is a no-nonsense step to protect women," said state Rep. Jennifer Wortz, a Quincy Republican who helped sponsor the three-bill p

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