the campaign trail how religion and politics is really intersecting. that is also because proposal on site in michigan. democrats say this will help them. the alternative to the 1931 restrictive abortion law that would criminalize any abortion without any exception. republicans, on the other hand, think evangelicals and christians will show up to fight it. the pastor in this church behind me said he was fasting until after the election. that is how important issue is to him. i also spoke with many pro-life democrats, including one you will hear from later on today, they told me that she believed in exceptions. listen to two women that i spoke to before coming here. the important thing to me would be a woman s rights primarily. human rights in general. treating everyone you would like to be treated. things like that. just being a good person. if you could try to get some
governors strongly supports. it a law from 1930, one she thinks politicians have the right idea back then. you know, she probably thinks if she watches the handmaid s tale, she is thinking what is the problem? but you know what, the good news is, governor whitmer has other ideas. she has filed a lawsuit to block a 1931 law to kate modern laws? preserving these rights here in michigan. if you vote yes here on proposition three, you can stop this radical shift for good and restore the rights that women have had for nearly 50 years here in michigan. so, all of these issues are at stake in this election. and not just for people here in
then same-sex marriage will certainly be at risk and almost every republican in the house of representatives already voted against guaranteeing a right to use contraception. you think about that. and they take that power, no guarantee birth control and not be on the agenda. here in michigan, this is not theoretical. abortion rights are literally on the ballot. right, now a law in the books from 1931. that would ban abortion in michigan with no exception for rape or incest. and cutthroat nurses and doctors in jail. for a caring for women. this is a lot by the way, 1931, this law was passed when women could be fired from their jobs simply for being a woman. at a time when women were actively discouraged from getting an education. i m going to college.
extremely important gubernatorial race this is fall. governor whitmer among them. i know you were at her debate with her gop rival the other day. talk about that candidacy and the importance of voting for governor at a time when there are so many questions about election security and election denialism across the country. these races really matter. we ve all even in terms of if you look at obviously he easier to talk about my own state of michigan. and when we talk about choice and what happened at the supreme court. it is the governor that had the clairvoyance to understand what could a ballotn the ballot because of what the governor did. she had already also started a court case, which we re one of those states that had a law on the books from 1931, and she started the court case six months before roe was determined
lawsuits brought by abortion advocate successfully blocked a 1931 law that made it a felony to perform an abortion by going into effect after roe fell. and last month, a state court deemed that law to be unconstitutional. that is good news, not just for michigan but for the entire region of the country where abortion access has been steadily shrinking. but quarters can be reversed, and the truth of the matter is there are many people opposed to abortion rights right here michigan, including lawmakers and the republican-controlled state legislature. it is feasible that if the state had been under different leadership, when roe fell, not only feasible, it is likely, abortion would have quickly been outlawed here as what as it was in many other states. that is how vulnerable abortion rights are in michigan. knowing that, an effort began to enshrine and portion writes into the michigan state constitution. so first up, you re gonna see in the, nation earlier this year, advocates circulate