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Thousands Rally at Michigan Capitol for March for Life

Organizers emphasized abortion alternatives as they protested Michigan’s abortion policies.

Overview

  • Participants formed a procession nearly a mile long, looping from the Capitol past the Hall of Justice and back.
  • Right to Life of Michigan co-hosted the event with March for Life, drawing large contingents of students, teachers and religious leaders from Catholic and Christian schools.
  • March for Life president Jennie Bradley Lichter and keynote speaker Mayra Rodriguez, a former Planned Parenthood director, urged support for pregnancy resource centers and greater transparency around abortion.
  • About two dozen Republican lawmakers addressed the crowd, including Sen. John Damoose and Reps. Ann Bollin and Jennifer Wortz.
  • Organizers tied the timing to the approaching anniversary of Proposal 3, the 2022 state constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights.