Mike Rogers on Abortion and Reproductive Health: His Votes for a National 20-Week Ban and to Defund Planned Parenthood, and the Law He Praised That Closed Clinics in Michigan

As a U.S. House member from Michigan, Mike Rogers voted on June 18, 2013 for H.R. 1797, which would have banned abortions nationwide at 20 weeks after fertilization and made doctors who performed them liable to prison terms of up to 5 years. In 2011 he voted for an amendment that would prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood. In 2022, Michigan voters approved Proposal 3, which wrote abortion rights into the state constitution, with 57% of the vote.

Now the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Rogers praised the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 3, 2025; the law barred Planned Parenthood from Medicaid for one year, a ban that expired in July 2026. Planned Parenthood says nearly 30 of its health centers closed in that year, and Planned Parenthood of Michigan closed its Lansing, Livonia and Warren clinics in July 2026.

Mike Rogers's Abortion Votes and His Praise for the Planned Parenthood Medicaid Ban

• Rogers Voted in 2013 for a Nationwide Abortion Ban at 20 Weeks With Prison Terms for Doctors. On June 18, 2013, Mike Rogers, then a House member from Michigan, voted yes on H.R. 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which passed 228 to 196. The bill would have barred abortions nationwide, with exceptions written into the bill, once the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater, and a doctor who violated it could be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Nine years later, in November 2022, Michigan voters approved Proposal 3, a ballot proposal to amend the Michigan Constitution to codify abortion rights in the state, by a count of Yes 2,480,000 (57%) to No 1,897,417 (43%), ClickOnDetroit reported.
• Rogers Voted in 2011 to Cut Planned Parenthood Off From All Federal Funds. On February 18, 2011, Mike Rogers voted yes on Rep. Mike Pence's amendment to that year's House spending bill, which passed 240 to 185 and would prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood, McClatchy reported. Under the amendment, the organization would be prohibited from receiving federal funds for any of its activities, McClatchy reported; the group was already banned from using federal funds to perform most abortions. Rogers still backs cutting off those payments: he praised the 2025 law that did so for a year.
• Rogers Cosponsored Bills in 2003 and 2005 to Suspend the FDA's Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone. On December 8, 2003, Mike Rogers, then a House member from Michigan, signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 3453, the RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2003, which deemed the approved application for the drug mifepristone to have been suspended. On April 14, 2005 he cosponsored its successor, H.R. 1079, which deemed mifepristone's approval to have been withdrawn. Mifepristone is the drug used in medication abortion, and in a July 2026 KFF poll two-thirds of the public said they oppose laws that would ban mifepristone nationwide (65%).
• Rogers Cosponsored the Life at Conception Act in 2013, Which Declares a Right to Life From the Moment of Fertilization. On September 12, 2013, Mike Rogers, then a House member from Michigan, signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 1091, the Life at Conception Act of 2013, which declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Most Americans hold the opposite view: in a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 20-26, 2026, 60% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
• Rogers Praised the Law That Cut Off Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Payments for a Year. Mike Rogers posted "Historic tax cuts for hard-working families! It's a great day to be an American!" on July 3, 2025, the day the House gave the One Big Beautiful Bill Act final approval. The law barred federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood for items and services furnished during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, July 4, 2025; that ban expired at the start of July 2026. In that year, Planned Parenthood reported Medicaid visits dropping by 25% or over 250,000 visits, and said nearly 30 health centers, which served roughly 41,000 birth control patients, have been forced to close; two-thirds (66%) of the closures occurred in rural areas, medically underserved areas or places short of primary care providers.

What the Planned Parenthood Ban Mike Rogers Praised Cost Michigan Patients

• Clinic closures. On July 30, 2026, Planned Parenthood of Michigan said it was permanently closing three locations in Lansing, Livonia and Warren after Republican federal legislation changed the eligibility of Medicaid coverage at Planned Parenthood, citing a $4.2 million decline in patient care reimbursement and federal family planning funding from the prior fiscal year (Michigan Advance). The group said it would concentrate resources at regional access points and procedural sites and expand virtual care across Michigan.
• Abortion rights in Michigan. Michigan's constitution has protected abortion rights since voters approved Proposal 3 in November 2022; H.R. 1797, which Rogers voted for, would have imposed a federal ban at 20 weeks after fertilization in Michigan as in every other state.

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Last updated: 2026-10-25

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