On Tuesday, June 24, Right to Life of Michigan joins pro-lifers and people of good will across the country in celebrating the end of an era of destruction wrought by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ill-fated Roe v. Wade decision.
Roe created an environment in which, all too often, women were isolated in fear and the pressure to “not be pregnant.” The “right to choose” quickly became an abortion-only response to unplanned pregnancy. The lives of more than 60 million innocent unborn children were lost, women’s well-being and health trampled upon, and the widespread destruction of families and communities ensued. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision means Roe is no more, yet much of its impact remains with us today.
In Michigan, Proposal 3 passed just five months after the Dobbs decision, making abortion legal through all nine months of pregnancy. Radical abortion activists in our state pushed forward, removing health and safety regulations from abortion clinics, overturing informed consent-stripping away a woman’s right to know about common risks associated with abortion, and undermining industry transparency by ending abortion complication reporting.
Unsurprisingly, women are now at far greater risk of harm when they have an abortion than even a few years ago, with serious complications from abortion up 38% in just one year. (Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Abortion Report, 2024).
So, as we celebrate the end of Roe, we have much work to do in our state. While a woman in Michigan can have an abortion at any time in her pregnancy for any reason, for “choice” to truly exist, women must have every opportunity to make hopeful, courageous a choice for life!
Join with us to ensure every woman has what she needs to welcome and embrace life. If you know someone who is pregnant and wants help, have them call or text 1-800-712-HELP. To learn more, visit us at staging.rtl.org.
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Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) is the state’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to advocating a choice for life for the youngest and oldest members of our human family. Since our founding in 1972, we have remained steadfast in our mission to educate the public on life issues, support legal protections for women’s health, the elderly, disabled and unborn children and support prolife candidates. RLM has 80 affiliates across the state and more than 282,550 members. The organization achieved 172 electoral victories in 2022 alone. With more than 50 life-affirming protections passed into law, RLM estimates more than 269,633 lives have been saved by just one legal protection. For more information, visit staging.rtl.org.
For more information:
Gracie Ivy O’Brien, Media Relations and Digital Director, (616) 532-2300, gobrien@staging.rtl.org.