LifeBeat

In this LifeBeat episode, host Danny Earl, Director of Education, sits down with Natasha Mueller, the Community Engagement Director at PRC Grand Rapids (PRC GR). Natasha details the services and support that PRC GR offers women throughout and after their pregnancy, whether they choose life for their child or not. Danny and Natasha discuss the need to offer women support during an unexpected pregnancy so that they can feel that they have every means to choose life. Natasha highlights PRC GR·s main mission and how it has helped them serve the thousands of women who come to them seeking assistance. If you or someone you know is seeking help from a pregnancy resource center, visit our website and find the one closest to you: https://rtl.org/find-help/.

In this LifeBeat episode, host Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, and Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, sit down with Emily Kroll, RLM Political Action Committee (PAC) Director, to discuss the results of the 2024 general election. Emily highlights the defeat of Kamala Harris and the victories seen both in Michigan and nationally for prolife candidates. Danny and Anna ask Emily about the failed abortion ballot measures in states like Florida, voter turnout, and what the prolife movement in Michigan can expect next. To read Right to Life of Michigan·s press release and comments from RLM President Amber Roseboom on the election, check out our website at https://rtl.org/prolife-majority-takes-back-the-state-house/.

In this LifeBeat episode, host Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, and Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, give a final update on election information before Michigan·s early in-person voting begins on October 26. Danny and Anna highlight the importance of this year·s election and how you can take part in our March to the Polls efforts. Danny and Anna also discuss the dangerous message that Kamala Harris gave in an interview this week about how she views religious exemptions for abortion. For more information on voting and RLM-PAC endorsements, go to our website www.rtl.org/get-involved/elections/.

In this LifeBeat episode, host Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, and Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, give a summary of a new poll showing voters· beliefs about abortion and what issues they want candidates to discuss. Anna and Danny also highlight upcoming general election voting dates. For more information on voting and RLM-PAC endorsements, go to our website www.rtl.org/get-involved/elections/.

In this LifeBeat feature, host Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, and Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, talk all things voting. Anna and Danny illustrate how we are in the midst of one of the most consequential elections in Michigan·s history. Within this feature, important voting dates are laid out for listeners and Anna and Danny reiterate where you can find election resources on our website that can be used to encourage others to vote. Don·t hesitate to share this episode with friends and family members to spread the word that voting is a duty, Kamala Harris is the most radical, abortion-obsessed candidate to ever run for the president and safeguards around physician-assisted suicide are at stake. For more information on voting and RLM-PAC endorsements, go to our website www.rtl.org/get-involved/elections/.

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, host Anna Pluymert, Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) Director of Education and Communications, sits down with Ricardo Hernandez. Ricardo is a leader of the youth program at the Basilica of St. Anne in Detroit where he works with primarily Hispanic young adults. These programs focus on faith and help young people understand the church·s teachings on purity and chastity and how to live out those virtues today. Outside of his work with youth programs, Ricardo has a podcast that focuses on the Saints and also advocates for victims of domestic violence. Right to Life of Michigan·s Multicultural Outreach team has been welcomed to speak to Ricardo·s youth groups. We were able to bring in special guest speakers who shared their abortion testimony. We also presented Fun Fetal Development Facts. During this special episode, Anna and Ricardo discussed how we can more effectively reach youth and young adults with a hopeful, life-affirming message. They also discussed what Ricardo believes to be the reason and solution to why abortion disproportionately impacts the Hispanic Community.

In this Right to Life of Michigan LifeBeat episode, host Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, and Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, give a recap on our 51st Annual State Conference that took place yesterday in Owosso, Michigan. Thank you to those who joined us for the day. We hope that you found the workshops educational and the keynote speakers inspirational. Anna and Danny also talk about a recent news story about the first person to pass away from a Sarco death pod. The death pod was created so people could commit suicide by pressing a button inside a chamber and a doctor would not have to be involved. Anna and Danny explain how dangerous this invention is, especially considering the keynote speakers from our conference who gave personal testimonies of physician-assisted suicide and having a disability.

In this Right to Life of Michigan LifeBeat episode, host Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, and Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, announce that the RLM-PAC did endorse 267 candidates and those are public on our website at www.rtl.org/elections. Anna and Danny also discuss the importance of defeating radical proabortion Kamala Harris, especially as she spread dishonest information about the tragic death of a Georgia woman. At the end of the episode, Anna and Danny emphasize how clear it is clear that Kamala Harris is using this tragic story to scare the public into believing prolife laws are dangerous.

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, host Anna Pluymert, Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) Director of Education and Communications, sits down with Doris Perez. Doris is a Catholic singer-songwriter and executive producer of her musical recordings. She was born in Ohio and grew up in Puerto Rico. She was the former lay director (active member) of the Detroit Cursillo Movement and former President of the Board of Directors of the LCPC/LCEF. She also served as the former President of the board of directors of the parish council of the Hispanic community of St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Detroit. Doris has worked in different music ministries, as a choir director since the age of 15 and serves evangelizing/singing in retreats, youth groups, charismatic renewal movement and Pro-Life events. Doris is a member of the RLM Hispanic outreach committee and was gracious enough to share her experience of how she got involved with RLM through music and why it·s so important to educate the Hispanic community on the dangers of abortion.

In this Right to Life of Michigan LifeBeat episode, host Anna Pluymert, Director of Education and Communications, and Danny Earl, Content Contributor and Events Coordinator, recap our visit to seven pregnancy resource centers in and around Detroit where we had the privilege of awarding over $10,000 in total as part of our seventh annual Pregnancy Resource Center Fall Grant tour. They also explained the latest update in the informed consent for abortions lawsuit. The episode ended with an announcement that RLM-PAC endorsements for the 2024 General Election will be released on Monday, September 9 so please stay tuned and check out rtl.org/elections on Monday morning.