Soros-Backed Constitutional Amendment Enshrines Abortion Up to Birth in Michigan
Louis Knuffke : Nov 10, 2022
LifeSiteNews.com
"Out-of-state abortion advocates are trying to buy a constitutional amendment in Michigan that they hope to use as a blueprint across the rest of the country. This is not a Michigan effort. This is New York and California pushing an extreme agenda on the people of our state." -Christen Pollo, spokeswoman for the pro-life Citizens to Support Michigan Women and Children
(Lansing, MI) — [LifeSiteNews.com]The amendment to Michigan's state Constitution, Proposal 3, enshrining abortion up to birth—along with the sterilization and transition of children without parental knowledge or consent —passed 57–43 on Tuesday. (Screengrab of 4-D Ultrasound)
The measure was promoted by a leftist lobby group belonging to billionaire George Soros, which donated $4.5 million to the campaign for the passage of the abortion law.
Michigan Proposal 3, the so-called Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative (RRFI), now makes "reproductive freedom" a state constitutional right, defined as the "right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care."
As LifeSiteNews reported last month, "According to an analysis by the Great Lakes Justice Center (GLJC), as well as an article by former Michigan Solicitor General John Bursch published by the Michigan Catholic Conference, the implications reach far beyond the expansive text."
According to Bursch, "Proposal 3 goes much farther than merely codifying Roe v. Wade, invalidating more than two dozen Michigan pro-life laws and authorizing minors to obtain abortions without a parent's consent or even notice." Further, "because Proposal 3 grants this right to ‘every individual,' without age limits, that means the proposal, on its face, authorizes a minor to obtain a sterilization without parental consent or even notice, such as when a minor desires to change his or her gender."
The campaign pushing the radical abortion law was funded in the millions of dollars by a lobby group of George Soros, called the Open Society Policy Center (OSPC). As LifeSiteNews reported last week, the group "donated $4.5 million to Reproductive Freedom for All, the political action committee organized to support the Michigan initiative. OSPC is a lobbying organization under the umbrella of Soros' Open Society Foundations (OSF)."
READ: George Soros group gives $4.5 million to guarantee ‘right' to abortion, sterilization in Michigan
In June, the OSF called the US Supreme Court's Dobbs decision an "assault on women's rights, human rights, and democracy that will have a damaging impact around the world." The organization said it was "proud to invest in grassroots and national reproductive rights organizations who are fighting back at this moment, both in the United States and globally"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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