RLM and like-minded organizations formed MiCause to defeat Proposal 2; a ballot proposal which legalized the killing of human embryos for research in Michigan. Proposal 2 passed in a narrow vote of 53% to 47%.
A bill based on the federal partial-birth abortion ban was passed by the Michigan Legislature but again vetoed by Governor Granholm.
RLM began utilizing social networking to help spread the prolife message.