News Releases

    Despite International Alarms Over the Practice, Legislature Moving to Legalize Compensated Surrogacy Contracts

    MCC Urges Greater Protection for Dignity and Safety of Women, Calls on State to Promote Adoption Through Funding and Public Awareness

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    Allowing individuals to enter compensated contracts for the creation of children puts vulnerable surrogate mothers at greater risk of exploitation, MCC said in opposition to legislation that passed a state Senate committee, which would allow for compensated surrogacy contracts in the state and also make Michigan an outlier among the international community, which largely views surrogacy as a human rights violation.

    Following State of the State Address, Catholic Conference Urges Priority on Families

    State Budget Should Pave the Way for Long-Term Stability, Particularly for Low-Income Households, says MCC President and CEO

    A happy family consisting of a mother, father, and two children standing at the edge of a river launching paper boats.

    With the Governor delivering her annual State of State address this week and her next budget recommendation due to be released soon, MCC issued a press release urging her and lawmakers to pursue policies primarily aimed at helping families support themselves.

    Strategy to Promote Family Life & Birth Rates in Michigan Missing from Population Council Report

    MCC urges policymakers to drive population growth through pro-family policies

    “Economic and social policies as well as organization of the work world should be continually evaluated in light of their impact on the strength and stability of family life.” —United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

    Portions of the Growing Michigan Together Council final report issued today are welcome and deserve legislative support, however, policies that emphasize family life and encourage married couples to have and raise children in Michigan are unfortunately missing from the group’s recommendations to help grow the state’s population, MCC stated after the council’s report was released to the public.

    MCC Urges Governor’s Population Council to Focus on Family Growth and Support

    Policies that support low-income families and encourage couples to have children should be among Council’s recommendations

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    To grow Michigan’s stagnant population, policymakers should view proposed solutions through the lens of supporting family life by making it easier to have and raise children in this state, according to a letter from MCC to the Governor’s council tasked with recommending policy goals to grow Michigan’s population.

    Catholic Conference Applauds Pro-Life Efforts Against RHA as Governor Signs Watered-Down Package

    MCC Calls on Lawmakers to Support Policies that Protect and Serve Women and Children

    Participants in the Michigan March for Life holding a Choose Life banner

    In a statement, MCC highlighted the legislative and grassroots advocacy against the Reproductive Health Act that prevented several alarming policies from becoming law. However, MCC called attention to the repeal of health and safety standards required of the abortion industry in Michigan, along with many other common-sense limits on abortion in the RHA. The Catholic Conference again urged lawmakers to prioritize policies that help both mothers and their children.

    State Senate Votes to Exempt Abortion Providers from Accountability Standards

    Michigan Voters Never Asked for Legislators to Deregulate Abortion Industry

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    In response to the state Senate passing several bills on a party-line vote tied to the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), MCC issued a statement calling out senators for inoculating abortion businesses from minimal levels of transparency and accountability and repealing laws that protect the health and safety of women.

    Senate Committee Sides with Abortion Industry over Michigan Voters; Health and Safety of Women

    RHA bills advance despite poll confirming strong opposition to repealing abortion limits

    The Reproductive Health Act would remove licensing and inspection requirements on abortion clinics and the 24-hour waiting period to provide women informed consent about abortion, two policies that Michigan voters across the board still strongly support.

    Michigan Catholic Conference is urging state senators to stop and consider the health and safety of women as well as the voices of Michigan voters if they decide to take up the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), after a Senate committee voted today to move the extreme legislation to the Senate floor.

    MCC Calls for Greater Respect for Women’s Health and Safety After Appalling RHA Legislation Emerges from Committee

    MCC Calls on House and Senate Members to Oppose Deregulation of Abortion Industry

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    The Catholic Conference is calling on the consciences of members of the House and Senate to oppose appalling legislation passed by the House Health Policy Committee this morning that overturns widely-supported limitations on abortion and policies that require accountability and transparency over Michigan abortion facilities.

    Catholic Conference Responds to Gov. Whitmer's Comments on Abortion, Paid Family Leave

    ‘Reproductive Health Act is the will of the abortion industry, not the people of Michigan,’ says MCC

    An expectant mother smiling at her daughter, who is listening to the baby's heartbeat

    In responding to Gov. Whitmer’s fall policy speech today, MCC committed to opposing the abortion lobby’s interest in overturning long-standing and widely-supported limits on abortion while also offering support for a fair and just paid family leave policy in Michigan.

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