Lansing Update: Why Michigan Must Keep Marching for Life
Posted July 11, 2025
Save the Date: Michigan March for Life Returns to Lansing November 6, 2025
It is time to make plans to attend the second Michigan March for Life on November 6, 2025, at the state Capitol in Lansing.
To officially register to attend, click or tap here, which also provides an option to sign up for email and text updates regarding the March.
The Michigan March for Life website also makes available downloadable resources to promote the event to family, friends, and parishioners, including pre-made flyers, postcards, and graphics.
Three years since the tragic passage of Proposal 3 that created a “right” to abortion in the state constitution, providing a peaceful and powerful witness to protecting human life at all stages remains vital in this state.
The first-ever Michigan March for Life took place on November 8, 2023, to coincide with the one-year anniversary passage of Proposal 3. The event drew thousands of people to peacefully pray and march at the Capitol, including Catholics from all corners of the state and most of the state’s bishops, who concelebrated a Mass at the nearby St. Mary Cathedral prior to the March.
The national March for Life organization—which organizes the long-running annual event in Washington—along with Right to Life of Michigan initiated the Michigan March for Life after Proposal 3 as well as the repeal of Roe v. Wade to bolster attention to pro-life advocacy at the state level.
This year’s March is planned two days before the Proposal 3 anniversary date to align with a scheduled session day for the Legislature, providing an opportunity to remind lawmakers of the continuing pro-life movement in Michigan.
Similar to the inaugural March, the event will formally begin at 10 a.m. with a concert on the Capitol lawn, followed by an 11 a.m. rally featuring a lineup of speakers, and concluding with a noon march throughout downtown Lansing.
Catholics are already expected to be well-represented in the official event activities, including an opening prayer that will be given by Detroit Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger before the Capitol lawn rally.
More event details are in the works. Michigan Catholic Conference participates on the statewide planning committee and will share details when they become available, including scheduled speakers and any supporting events planned around the March.