Team,

Today, the Michigan Supreme Court did the right thing and ruled that the Reproductive Freedom for All initiative will be on the general election ballot. 

In addition to codifying the Roe standard in the state constitution, the ballot proposal would also guarantee Michigan women the right to access contraception, the right to receive fertility treatment, and the right to determine their own pre- and post-partum care—all issues that the United States Supreme Court noted are potentially up for debate in future cases.

In my district, while many women identify as pro-life, they have taken pains to engage me on this issue. Though many make clear that they would never personally have an abortion, they also have never walked in another woman’s shoes and therefore would never dictate to other women what they can or can’t do with their lives. 

That’s the choice voters will face this fall: In Michigan, do we want the Roe standard or the 1931 abortion ban as law in our state? Michiganders—not the government, and not politicians like my opponent—deserve to have the final say on personal choices. Thanks to the Court’s ruling, they will.