At the Michigan Hall of Justice in Lansing, a few dozen people gathered on June 24, 2022 to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. | Photo by Andrew Roth
While abortion rights advocates prepare on Monday to protest the two-year anniversary of the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade , one group is celebrating the milestone as having “reignited a national debate on life.”
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe and ended a 49-year precedent providing a federal right to obtain an abortion.
But for Right to Life of Michigan , the Dobbs ruling was a long time in coming.
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“We celebrate the long-awaited overturn of Roe v. Wade that reignited a national debate on life. This extraordinary opportunity has been overshadowed by the desperate attempts of big money donors and abortion-only special interests to politicize the issue for Democratic electoral gains,” said Amber Roseboom, president of Right to Life of Michigan (RLM). “Reproduction and abortion are not issues of any political party. They are and have always been decisions of the woman. Today, a woman in Michigan can choose to have an abortion for any reason. But for choice to truly exist, women must have every opportunity to make a choice for life.”