It's hard to believe that this isn't getting more press attention. Actually, I guess it's not that hard to believe, given the state of our media. Still.

In less than one month, if Proposal 3 passes, children will have a right under the Michigan constitution to walk into one of Planned Parenthood's 12 so-called "gender affirming" facilities in the state and, without parental knowledge or consent, obtain puberty blockers. And with Planned Parenthood of Michigan promising "gender affirming" care "via telehealth in the coming months," Michiganders' kids won't even need to leave their house to obtain these sterilizing drugs.

Passage of Prop 3 will also give boys a constitutional right to be castrated and girls the right under Michigan's constitution to be sterilized by way of a hysterectomy or the removal of their ovaries — all without their parents' consent.

Everyone right now:

But the text is pretty much crystal-clear on this:

Every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which entails 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. An individual's right to reproductive freedom shall not be denied, burdened, nor infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.

Put more simply:

As a matter of constitutional interpretation, then, the rights guaranteed by Prop 3 would be rights that both adults and children possess as "individuals," and the rights apply equally to males and females.

This is the kind of quiet barbarity that Michiganders may be on the verge of enshrining in their state constitution.

Please, Michigan, in the name of all that is good and decent: