Peoples Campaign for Choice.

In February 1987, Right to Life of Michigan, Inc. gathered signatures on petitions to initiate legislation to end Medicaid funding of abortions in Michigan in cases where the mother's life was not at risk. It submitted the signatures to the Secretary of State for validation and the Michigan legislature was then given the option to ignore, pass, or amend the initiative. The initiative could not be vetoed. The legislature chose to amend the legislation to assist state employees, but did not include an exception for victims of rape and incest. Because the pro-choice governor, James Blanchard, could not veto the legislation, P.A. 59 was passed into law.

The Planned Parenthood League, Inc. established a coalition of over forty political, social and religious organizations that supported the right to choose, called the Peoples Campaign for Choice (PCC), whose goal it became to defeat the legislation. In order to comply with campaign finance laws, PCC set up a separate organization to coordinate its fundraising, the Coalition to Protect Michigan Lives (CPML). PCC also set up an education fund to help finance the campaign with large grants.

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