Lansing, MI — Ballot proposal paperwork has been filed to the Board of State Canvassers by pro-abortion groups including Reproductive Freedom for All, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, and Michigan Voices.
The proposal is the first step in efforts to reverse the Michigan 1846 abortion ban and create a state constitutional right for abortion.
The following statement is attributed to Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing:
It is disappointing, but not unexpected, that a ballot proposal has been filed in hopes of overturning a long-standing law that protects innocent babies from being killed. While the exact language has not been released, we know that Michiganders want to live in a life-affirming state.
The humanity of unborn children cannot be denied, as technology and science have proven, without a doubt, that they are human and deserve legal protection. Beginning at fertilization, the unborn child develops rapidly from a single cell to a fully formed infant by 15-weeks. An unborn child’s development is a gapless process just as an infant or adult’s development is a continuous and never-ending process.
We cannot allow the vulnerable to be killed in the name of convenience.
Right to Life of Michigan has been fighting for the past 50 years to protect the right to life and we will continue to do so until the humanity of the unborn is upheld and respected.
For more information: Right to Life of Michigan Legislative Director Genevieve Marnon, (517) 487-3376, [email protected].
Background information:
1931 Abortion Ban law
1972 abortion ballot initiative defeated