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Right to Life of Michigan Applauds Legislative Efforts to Restore A Woman’s Right to Know about Abortion Complications in Michigan
Author: Amber Roseboom, President of Right to Life of Michigan
Original date: November 5, 2025
Statement by Right to Life of Michigan President Amber Roseboom
The restoration of abortion complication reporting in Michigan is an essential step forward in ensuring women do not go into abortion blind. Women have a right to know accurate information about the procedure they are considering undergoing or medicine they are considering taking. This begins with data that demonstrates associated safety or risk.
With abortion, the patient is always a woman. Women in our state are being singled out and denied the basic right to facts on abortion complications despite the rising risks.
A woman in Michigan can have an abortion for any reason throughout her pregnancy. Beyond this reality, safety measures meant to minimize risks to the woman have all been removed. Abortion clinic health and safety regulations were removed. Informed consent for the woman is blocked by the courts.
Data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services demonstrates that serious complications from abortion rose 38% in one year. The very report that showed us this alarming reality was subsequently terminated. These bills (HB 5201, 5202, and 5203) are an effort to reinstitute that commonsense report.
Thank you to State Representatives Brad Pauquette (R-37), Jennifer Wortz (R-43), and Rachel Smit (R-35) for your leadership on behalf of women in our state.
For more information:
Gracie Ivy O’Brien, Media Relations and Digital Director, (616)532-2300, gobrien@rtl.org.
Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) is the state’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to advocating a choice for life for the youngest and oldest members of our human family. Since our founding in 1972, we have remained steadfast in our mission to educate the public on life issues, support legal protections for women’s health, the elderly, disabled and unborn children and support pro-life candidates. RLM has 80 affiliates across the state and more than 282,550 members. The organization achieved 229 electoral victories in 2024 alone. With more than 50 life-affirming protections passed into law, RLM estimates more than 269,633 lives have been saved by just one legal protection. For more information, visit RTL.org.