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As a volunteer who put much effort into trying to get Proposal 3 on the ballot and passed last year, as well as someone who experienced a crisis pregnancy that ended in abortion, I can tell you with certainty that our work to make a common medical procedure available to everyone who needs it is far

Keeping abortion legal in Michigan with the passage of Proposal 3 was an incredible victory we could not have achieved without supporters like you. But our work is far from over. 

Michigan’s success in securing abortion rights in the state is the result of years of planning, coalition-building, and grassroots organizing (aclu.org).

Why we’re fighting to protect Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act.

'We must continue to remain engaged, especially at the local level'

The decades-long effort to pass a law explicitly stating that ELCRA’s protections include sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression could finally become a reality.

Looking to the future

As representatives of organizations dedicated to equal justice under the law, we are troubled that a member of any court in our state, let alone its highest court, would object to talented, qualified people working in our judicial system based solely on mistakes they made in their distant past.

In 2022, the ACLU of Michigan brought the formidable power of its legal, political, and organizing efforts to protect the fundamental constitutional rights of every person in Michigan.