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Abortion in the News
From: Right to Life of Michigan’s ProLife Update April 18, 2024 You are undoubtedly seeing the news coverage of abortion increase substantially. Proabortion politicians are heavily focused on this issue, led by President Biden and our very own governor, Governor Whitmer. We wanted to remind you of some important facts as you talk about abortion with…
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Physician-Assisted Suicide
Once again is threatening our Communities In recent months, talk of assisted suicide making its way to Michigan has spread. The Michigan Senate Health Policy Committee is awaiting a hearing any day now on a package of bills that would legalize physician-assisted suicide for those who have received a terminal prognosis. If passed, Michigan would…
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New Guttmacher Report Shows an Increase In Abortions:
Let’s Dig Deeper On March 19, the Guttmacher Institute published a report claiming the number of abortions in the U.S. has increased back over the 1 million mark in 2023. This is devastating news, so let’s take a deeper dive to understand the data. How fast are abortions increasing? Since 1990, abortion had been decreasing…
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Statement by Genevieve Marnon, Legislative Director of Right to Life of Michigan on the passage of the Surrogacy bills that now await the Governor’s signature:
“Right to Life of Michigan continues to be the leading organization supporting Michiganders and their efforts to grow their families. As you know, altruistic surrogacy has always been legal in Michigan. Unfortunately, the current bills create a commercial surrogacy industry which puts women without means at a disadvantage and risks creating a market in which…
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Safe and effective? Not for the baby!
Kenneth Smith was executed in Alabama recently using a new technique of supplying 100% nitrogen gas thru a facemask while he was strapped to a gurney. (We normally breathe in a mixture of air that contains about 79% nitrogen, an inert gas, but more importantly, 20% oxygen which is necessary to maintain life.) A writer…
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Hospice and Palliative Care Do Differ
Author: Betty Odello, RN, MN from the Bioethics Review It is important to know that there is a difference between palliative and hospice care. Both aim to keep the patient comfortable and pain free. While hospice care is reserved for a patient during the last six months of his life, palliative care can start as…
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Michigan Legislators Introduce Bill to Repeal Michigan Surrogacy Regulations
October 26, 2023 A repeal of the Michigan Surrogate Parenting Act was introduced in the Michigan House on Tuesday, October 24. The bill threatens to remove provisions of law that help protect women against victimization by the surrogacy industry and ensure that children do not become a marketable commodity. Under Michigan’s current law, surrogacy contracts…
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Statement by Right to Life of Michigan on Governor Whitmer Signing the Reproductive Health Act
November 21, 2023 Press Release “This is a dark day in Michigan as the Governor recklessly signs into law a package of bills that present an immediate danger to the health and safety of women and children, including the unborn, in our state. Removing basic health and safety standards for abortion clinics, standards that have…
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Right to Life of Michigan Announced Legal Challenge to Constitutionality of Proposal 3
Press Release by Right to Life of Michigan Yesterday, on the steps of the Lansing Capitol building, Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) President Barbara Listing announced the organization is one of 16 plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging central elements of Proposal 3 on federal constitutional grounds. The legal complaint, filed earlier this morning, comes…