Michigan Prop 3 isn’t about codifying Roe. It’s about sacrificing the children of Michigan

Michigan Is Hiding A Children’s Constitutional Right To Genital Amputation In Its Abortion Amendment

In less than one month, if Proposal 3 passes, children will have a right under the Michigan constitution to walk into one of Planned Parenthood’s 12 so-called “gender affirming” facilities in the state and, without parental knowledge or consent, obtain puberty blockers. And with Planned Parenthood of Michigan promising “gender affirming” care “via telehealth in the coming months,” Michiganders’ kids won’t even need to leave their house to obtain these sterilizing drugs.

Passage of Prop 3 will also give boys a constitutional right to be castrated and girls the right under Michigan’s constitution to be sterilized by way of a hysterectomy or the removal of their ovaries — all without their parents’ consent.

Come on SW Libs, defend this radical idea.

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MistyCee

Damn, I just read the thing and it seems like a real stretch to make it work for gender affirming care for minors. Seems like it's aimed mostly at abortion and sterilization and I didn't see minors mentioned anywhere.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee It’s Right in the Text

Here is the pertinent language Prop 3 would etch into the Michigan constitution as Article 1, Section 28, with the key language underscored:

“(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 unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means. …

(2) The state shall not discriminate in the protection or enforcement of this fundamental right.

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(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.

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Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee Every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom,

MistyCee

@Budwick okie dokie. It seems like a stretch to me, but I suppose you could argue that minors are individuals.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee Yeah, the fact that minors are individuals,
THAT'S the unbelievable part.

Misty - you are so WOKE - do you ever sleep?