The Reproductive Freedom For All Amendment (RFFA)–the Proposal 3 that will be on this November’s Michigan ballot–is so extreme that if people really knew what it was about, they would absolutely oppose it. Unfortunately, those promoting it are trying to make it sound like it’s about protecting women’s right to healthcare. That is a flat-out lie, one of many lies they are trying to fool Michigan voters with. Learn the facts, and then help prevent this monstrosity of an amendment from being added to Michigan's state Constitution.
The biggest lie they are telling you is that if the RFFA fails to pass, women whose lives are at risk from a pregnancy will not have access to abortion. That is simply not true. Michigan’s current ban on abortion (set in 1931) already states clearly that there is an exception for the life of the mother.
If the RFFA (also known as the “anything goes abortion amendment”) passes:
- Abortion will be allowed for any reason at any time up until the full 9th month of pregnancy
- Abortions on minors would be allowed with no parental consent
- Licensing and health and safety requirements for abortion facilities would be removed
- Doctors would no longer be the only ones authorized to perform abortions. With RFFA, anyone, including untrained people, can perform an abortion.
- With doctors now out of the picture, abortion pills that can be bought online would be commonplace, with no medical oversight to screen for ectopic or other high-risk situations, leaving women on their own to take potentially perilous actions with no medical supervision
- The current ban on Partial-Birth abortion would be nullified
- The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act (which requires life-saving medical treatment and care for babies who survive an attempted abortion) would be cancelled, meaning those live babies would simply be thrown away and left to die
- Conscience protection rights for medical professionals would be erased
- Your tax dollars will directly fund abortions
If RFFA is defeated:
- Women will still have access to standard birth control
- Women will still have access to excellent quality healthcare (even more so, in fact)
- An exception to save the life of the mother in a high-risk situation will still be made
- Women will not be prosecuted for having an abortion or a miscarriage, as the RFFA proponents would have you believe they would be
- Babies will be saved
There is so much more to this radical amendment than proponents would like you to know. For more information, go to www.supportmiwomenandchildren.org.
Michigan voters, please help to defeat this awful amendment, and help protect and save the lives of both women and babies. Vote NO on Proposal 3!
