Volunteers Needed To Help Defeat Abortion Ban Click HERE to Sign Up with Planned Parenthood of Michigan On December 23rd, Michigan Right to Life (RTL) submitted 379,418 signatures on petitions to the Michigan Secretary of State to criminalize dilation and extraction, the most safe, commonly used method of abortion in Michigan. The petition is intended by anti-choice activists to go to the Michigan legislature and avoid a certain veto by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Under Michigan law, this petition drive must get 340,047 valid signatures to go to the Michigan legislature. Here are four reasons this petition is just WRONG for Michigan women and Michigan families: If the proposal is adopted by state legislators, the MI ACLU has said it will challenge it in court. YOUR HELP IS […]

1-202-224-3121 (Capitol Switchboard) AND A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE ENERGY & COMMERCE COMMITTEE FROM MICHIGAN: Rep. Debbie Dingell (D); Rep. Fred Upton (R); and Rep. Tim Walberg (R) Tell him/her to support the Women’s Health Protection Act (HR 2975) Abortion rights must be protected: Congress must pass the WHPA Now! With an anti-choice majority on the Supreme Court, our reproductive rights are under a clear and direct threat. Passing the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) will protect abortion rights from many state restrictions and bans. The WHPA (HR 2975) introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) now has 213 co-sponsors. Your support can move the more friendly U.S. House to take action on this bill. This bill can pass the House. A sister bill in the […]

Call Your State Representative Click HERE to Find Your State RepresentativeTell him/her to support HB 5179 – The Michigan Reproductive Health Care Act On October 29th, Rep. Kristy Pagen unveiled the Reproductive Health Act (HB 5179) in the presence of Governor Gretchen Whitmer and other women’s right advocates. The bill, which has 48 other co-sponsors, was formally introduced on October 31st and was sent to the House Government Operations Committee. This week, MUUSJN’s Interfaith Reproductive Justice Coalition voted unanimously to support HB 5179. It protects all individual decision making in terms of reproductive health such as: ABORTION IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL AMONG VOTERS OR PEOPLE OF FAITH! The public may not realize that the majority (73%) of American voters do not want Roe v. Wade overturned. Two […]

Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of extreme bans on abortion, stripping away reproductive freedom and representing an all-out assault on abortion access. This is Trump’s anti-choice movement… and it’s terrifying, particularly for women of color and low-income women who are most affected by these bans.  We will show up to speak out and fight back against this unconstitutional attempt to gut Roe and punish women. Politicians shouldn’t be making decisions best left to women, their families, and their doctors. Together we say: Stop the bans#StopTheBans Actions This Tuesday, May 21st at noon local time at statehouses, town squares, and courthouses across the nation–with other events throughout the week–we will show up to speak out and fight back against this unconstitutional attempt […]

BACKGROUND  House Bills 4320 and HB 4321 are on the agenda of the House Judiciary Committee that is scheduled to meet on May 7th. These bills are likely be adopted in this committee and sent to the full House for a vote.  These bills ban a safe, standard abortion procedure. They include criminal penalties for doctors of two years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000. Senate Bills 165 and 166 ban and criminalize abortion at or after 20 weeks with the only exception being to save the life of the mother. The bills would impose sanctions of up to 15 years in prison and a $7,500 fine for doctors performing the procedure. Click HERE for List of State Representatives (includes phone numbers & emails)  […]