Anti-Abortion Volunteer Shot While Door Knocking: Right To Life Of Michigan

LAKE ODESSA, MI — An elderly volunteer with Right to Life of Michigan was shot in the back last week while going door-to-door in Lake Odessa to speak against Proposal 3, the anti-abortion organization said in a statement issued this weekend.

According to the statement, the 84-year-old volunteer got into a "heated conversation" with a resident and was leaving the home when she was shot. The woman said the person who shot her was not part of the conversation, the organization said.

The woman did not know her attacker, the organization said.

Following the shooting, the woman drove herself to the police station to report the incident, the Detroit Free Press reported. She was taken to a hospital where she was treated and released.

The case is under investigation by Michigan State Police, who will forward the investigation’s results to the Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Michigan voters will decide the future of Proposal 3, or the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, when they head to the polls on Nov. 8.

If passed, the measure will establish a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, which is defined as "the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care."