May 1st is the National Day of Prayer. To mark the day, Rev. Bob Frederick, chair of the Michigan Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, offers, "This may be a day of national prayer, but it also is a day when there will be women throughout our land who learn to their dismay that they are pregnant. May the Source of All Being not let any of them feel defeated, but rather may each be empowered with a sense of both her own worth and her own right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy. May our prayers on this day also be with those in clinics who with compassion and respect assist these women. Amen."

Legislators introduced a package of bills that focus on prevention as a way to address unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion. The Michigan Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice wholeheartedly supports this effort. Women need more than prayers to not get pregnant.