I recently wrote about how pro-lifers scored a minor, albeit important, victory in Michigan. This turned out to be short-lived after a spate of significant setbacks.
First, on Wednesday, a state court judge declared that Michigan’s 1931 abortion-prohibition statute, which Roe v. Wade invalidated in 1973 but remained on the books until the Supreme Court revived it in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is unconstitutional. Then, on Thursday, the state supreme court ruled that the proposed constitutional amendment that would make abortion-on-demand up to the moment of birth a constitutional right in the state must be on the ballot after the Board of State Canvassers initially refused to place a referendum on the ballot because of a word-spacing error.
So now, a nearly unintelligible passage that will make slaughtering the unborn an unassailable right may soon be included in the foundational document of a state of 10 million. This is an “all hands on deck” moment for Michiganders who still value human dignity and believe that all persons, born or in the womb, are endowed with the unalienable right to life. One can only hope that they effectively mobilize in time for Election Day. Let this be a wake-up call.