A majority of Michigan voters disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to recent polling. Still, the state’s constitutional amendment appearing on the ballot in November’s midterm election goes way beyond Roe and vastly exceeds most liberal countries in abortion permissiveness. If passed, Proposal 3 would effectively enshrine a right to abortion on demand up to birth, remove parental-consent requirements for minors seeking “reproductive care” (abortion, contraception, and sterilization), and prevent patients from filing malpractice lawsuits in the case of botched abortions.
When the Supreme Court overruled Roe in June, Michigan would have reverted to a 1931 pro-life law which protected all human life from conception, with exceptions only to save the life of the mother. But following the court leak of the Dobbs decision in May, Judge Elizabeth Gleicher — a former legal representative for Planned Parenthood who has contributed to the organization financially — preemptively rendered the law unenforceable through injunction.
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