Posted on 07/07/2022 7:14:40 PM PDT by Coronal
LANSING, Mich. — A ballot initiative that aims to solidify reproductive rights, including the right to abortion, in the Michigan Constitution could have more than enough signatures to get on the ballot come November. In fact, the volunteers who helped gather signatures estimate they could have double the required number of signatures.
“We have absolutely exceeded the goal," said Gina Keller the co-founder of Distill Social, a grassroots organization in Michigan that helped gather signatures for the Reproductive Freedom for All petition.
The petition would amend the state constitution to include the right to an abortion, birth control and other reproductive care. It would also explicitly prohibit prosecuting doctors who perform abortions or women who get an abortion.
“People are still counting," she said. "They're going to be counting throughout the weekend. So I think you can expect an accurate number closer to next Monday.”
Next week on July 11, the ballot petitioners, which includes Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan and the ACLU of Michigan among others, will submit their hundreds of thousands of signatures for review to the Michigan Secretary of State.
“With our partnerships with other local grassroots groups around the state, we collected about 55,000 signatures for Reproductive Freedom for All," Keller said. "We had over 600 volunteers join our network in over 40 counties in Michigan.”
The ballot initiative needs 425,059 valid signatures in order to get on the ballot in November.
Reports on Wednesday estimated that the petition drive has already collected upwards of 800,000 signatures, which if those totals are correct, means Reproductive Freedom for All has almost double the required number of signatures and is perhaps the most successful petition drive in Michigan history.
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Abort Gina
“LANSING, Mich. — A ballot initiative that aims to solidify reproductive rights”
That’s a good thought for someone that doesn’t understand the concept of state’s right as per the Constitution. How many of those signatures are real or if they actually have them for Michigan is a real no gainer. There are still 49 other states, a few territories, and a whole lot more work to be done to pass it in each individual state. And because it is a medical procedure, because if it wasn’t it would be murder, then getting this wasted effort to go through in a group of any nature other than state is impossible.
wy69
Lord have mercy.
(EXCEPT for the baby)
So let declare a human being is not a human being but Property
It time to decide what is a “person” under the 14th amendment isn’t it?
A man walked up to the gates of heaven and asked Saint Peter. “Why do we have war, famine, plague, cancer, and why did our god not send those to stop this?” Saint Peter said, “God did but you aborted them.”
Its my understanding that we have the right to procreate whenever we as a couple wish. So, what is the problem. Now if one is suggesting that reproductive rights mean the right to abortion on demand, I think that is a non sensical concept.
Any bets on signature matching with voters?
The rats are masters at getting high dem turnout ballot initiatives in November elections. This one will lock guarantee a rat sweep.
These “activists” lust for killing babies by the millions. They are evil, pure evil.
Everyone should be allowed to reproduce. So I’m for reproductive freedom.
Biden will sign an EO Friday to protect abortion. Their message is defy and ignore the court.
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With this initiative on the ballot it will draw all the liberal voters who will vote for Democrats. This is a favorite tactic of the Dems.
Okay... 800,000 signatures. Michigan can put reproductive rights on the state ballot as it should have been 50 years ago. Not legislated from the bench.
II Chronicles 20:20
“Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.”
One or the other.
Life or death.
That and a quarter will buy you a.......
well, it won’t buy you anything.
“That and a quarter will buy you a.......
well, it won’t buy you anything”
+++++++
Ooops. Wrong thread. Need. COFFEE!
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