Author: Amber Roseboom, President of Right to Life of Michigan
Original date: June 2, 2026
The last few years, June comes around and I am quickly reminded that it was just a few years ago (June 24, 2022) that Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Dobbs Day,” as we pro-lifers like to call it, should roar in with so much more fanfare, it seems. The fleeting joy of that landmark decision was overshadowed immediately by well-funded efforts to pass radical ballot initiatives that wiped out legal protections for the unborn in a handful of states, including Michigan.
Abortion is legal in our state at any point in pregnancy for any reason. Beyond that, the left has taken a wrecking ball to anything they deem a “barrier to access.”
At the national level, the Biden-era removal of the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion pill means it is available to anyone, anywhere, without a medical examination to identify risks based on gestational age of the unborn child, location of the embryo etc. The availability of the abortion pill has changed everything. It now accounts for well over 60 percent of all abortions.
Keep in mind, a recent study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center demonstrated that one in 10 women taking the abortion pill experience a serious adverse event, some requiring ER care.
So much for “safe, legal and rare” (remember Bill Clinton…). Of course, pro-lifers warned about the dark path Roe would pave. And here we are.