Proposal 3 – Reproductive Freedom for All | 2022 Midterm Election

Hello there! Today, we’re going to talk about Proposal 3 – Reproductive Freedom for All, that will be on your November 8, 2022 ballot. I will go over the language that will appear on your ballot itself, as well as the language that will take place, should it pass the November election.

Ballot Language

Here is the language that you will see on the Ballot for Proposal 3. It will be under the “Proposal Section” and “State” subsection.

“Proposal 22-3 A Proposal To Amend The State Constitution To Establish New Individual Right To Reproductive Freedom, Including Right To Make All Decisions About Pregnancy And Abortion; Allow State To Regulate Abortion In Some Cases; And Forbid Prosecution Of Individuals Exercising Established Right

This proposed constitutional amendment would:

• Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility;
• Allow state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health;
• Forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment;
• Invalidate state laws conflicting with this amendment.

Should this proposal be adopted?”

The Initial Takeaway & Opinion

So here are some of my thoughts about the ballot language. Being that I (Jess) am Female, I figured I would tackle this particular issue, since a lot of women don’t like men talking about this issue. (Even though, it affects men too.)

My initial questions while reading the first bit, is why would the state need to regulate abortion in some cases? And also, why would they forbid prosecution of individuals getting an abortion? This is stuff I’ll need to look into and explain more below once I find the answers.

However, let’s continue with the bullet points they provide. They start off with talking about establishing a new individual right to reproductive freedom. Let’s stop there. Every human being on this planet already has the “right” to reproduce, rather freely, might I add. So that’s odd, but we’ll continue on. It goes on to talk about the right to carry out all decisions for pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage, and infertility. Okay, that doesn’t sound too bad, right? I mean, we’re all adults here. We all want the ability to decide for ourselves what we want for ourselves, and our children.

Next, it goes on to talking about allowing the state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed to protect a patient’s life, or physical or mental health. RED FLAG!!!! This one gives me the heebie-jeebies. It starts with allowing the State of Michigan to regulate abortions after FETAL VIABILITY. What does this mean? Once the fetus is “viable”, you can still abort… so long as the state allows you to do so. Well, they’ll be strict on this… right? Nope, because they’ll consider your MENTAL health along with other issues.

How is this bad? Well, a woman who wants to use abortion as birth control, could tell her doctor that she’s depressed and that her abortion is the only way to end that depression. You think the state won’t allow that? Don’t be so sure. Also, what does the state consider “fetal viability” exactly? I won’t get too hung up on this part, as we have a lot to cover, but you catch my drift here.

This will forbid the state from discriminating against anyone while enforcing this “right”, while also prohibiting prosecution of an individual, OR A PERSON HELPING A PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL, for exercising this “right”. Oh look, another RED FLAG HERE.

Why a red flag? Think about this: A woman is with an abusive husband. He doesn’t want the child, and takes her to the abortion clinic, insisting on the abortion to take place. She’s being coerced into it, and they won’t stop it at the clinic. And the state won’t prosecute that abusive man for forcing his wife to get an abortion. Seems rather backwards if you ask me.

And finally, “this proposal will invalidate any state laws that conflict with this amendment”…

I’m sorry, but does that mean we’ll invalidate Murder? You might be asking why I’m bringing these up. Because these abortions are KILLING babies. Ugh, sorry this topic brings up a lot of emotions for me, and once we dig through the actual language that will be used in the Michigan Constitution, you’ll understand why. (I took a peek at it before doing this article, and trust me, it’s not good.)

Full Proposal Language & How It Will Look If Approved

“INITIATIVE PETITION

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

Constitutional amendment to: establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility; allow state to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health; forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment; and invalidate all state laws that conflict with this amendment.

The full text of the proposal amending Article 1 to add Section 28 is as follows:

ARTICLE 1, SECTION 28 RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

(1) EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, WHICH ENTAILS THE RIGHT TO MAKE AND EFFECTUATE DECISIONS ABOUT ALL MATTERS RELATING TO PREGNANCY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRENATAL CARE, CHILDBIRTH, POSTPARTUM CARE, CONTRACEPTION, STERILIZATION, ABORTION CARE, MISCARRIAGE MANAGEMENT, AND INFERTILITY CARE.

AN INDIVIDUAL’S RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM SHALL NOT BE DENIED, BURDENED, NOR INFRINGED UPON UNLES JUSTIFIED BY A COMPELLING STATE INTEREST ACHIEVED BY THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, THE STATE MAY REGULATE THE PROVISION OF ABORTION CARE AFTER FETAL VIABILITY, PROVIDED THAT IN NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL THE STATE PROHIBIT AN ABORTION THAT, IN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT OF AN ATTENDING HEATH CARE PROFESSIONAL, IS MEDICALLY INDICATED TO PROTECT THE LIFE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL.

(2) THE STATE SHALL NO DISCRIMINATE IN THE PROTECTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.

(3) THE STATE SHALL NOT PENALIZE, PROSECUTE, OR OTHERWISE TAKE ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL BASED ON THEIR ACTUAL, POTENTIAL, PERCEIVED, OR ALLEGED PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH, OR ABORTION, NOR SHALL THE STATE PEANLIZE, PROSECUTE, OR OTHERWISE TAKE ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST SOMEONE FOR AIDING OR ASSISTING A PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL IN EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM WITH THEIR VOLUNTARY CONSENT.

(4) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:

A STATE INTEREST IS “COMPELLING” ONLY IF IT IS FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING CARE, CONSISTENT WITH ACCEPTED CLINICAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE, AND DOES NOT INFRINGE ON THAT INDIVIDUAL’S AUTONOMOUS DECISION-MAKING.

“FETAL VIABILITY” MEANS: THE POINT IN PREGNANCY WHEN, IN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT OF AN ATTENDING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AND BASED ON THE PARTICULAR FACTS OF THE CASE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LIKELIHOOD OF THE FETUS’S SUSTAINED SURVIVAL OUTSIDE THE UTERUS WITHOUT THE APPLICATION OF EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL MEASURES.

(5) THIS SECTION SHALL BE SELF-EXECUTING. ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION HELD INVALID SHALL BE SEVERABLE FROM THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS SECTION.”

Final Takeaway & Opinion

First of all, why can’t they say what science says, and say “woman”? Because MEN CANNOT SCIENTIFICIALLY GET PREGNANT! Ugh, anyhow…

I love how they don’t specify that this pertains to adults only… Do you know what this means? This means that children who are sexually active (by choice or not), fall under this “law”, should it pass.

They’ve spent 10 million (versus 426,000 GOP money to oppose) to ram this through. That’s a lot of money. Killing babies is big business. Don’t believe me? Go look it up. Lots of money goes through Abortion organizations and those that try to help to promote abortions.

Because of how ambiguous the wording is for this terrible proposal, you could take it to mean a few things, such as:

• Constitutionality protecting the “right” to late-term/partial birth abortions and dismemberments of full-term babies.
• Allowing minors to obtain abortions, sterilization, puberty blockers, and sex change surgeries without parental knowledge or consent.
• It will make Michigan the most extreme pro-abortion state in the country.
• It will allow abortion up to the moment of birth.
• It will allow the termination of any baby that survives the initial abortion procedure.
• It will remove the screenings of women who are coerced into abortions.

Look, if the above doesn’t chill you to the bone, then I truly don’t know what will. I highly suggest that you look into this, and don’t shy away from it. This is evil, in our faces, that must be fought. We need to stand tall against this evil and protect the generations that come after us.

Also, as a final takeaway, here is a video, entitled “I Didn’t Know”, produced by Grace Lutheran Church in Coopersville, MI that you should watch.

Don’t forget to check out what Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 say as well. Proposal 3 is the worst of the 3, but the first two are just as important to read and to vote no on.

Thanks for reading!
Jess Dobbs