Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh spoke at a Catholic anti-abortion fundraiser called the Plymouth Right to Life Benefit Dinner, repeating his anti-abortion views and offering what was billed as \u201cpro-life testimony\u201d in front of donors Sunday.<\/p>\n
The former 49ers and Stanford coach was not the only member of his family participating in this event, as his wife Sarah also spoke during the night’s Q&A section.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh told donors in attendance that \u201cmy faith and my attendance\u201d drive his belief in \u201cthe courage to let the unborn be born,\u201d according to Detroit Catholic, the Detroit Catholic archdiocese’s publication. Harbaugh obliquely referred to the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, calling the chaos that has since unfolded \u2014 like a 10-year-old needing to go for another state for an abortion or questions if vital treatments<\/a> for nonviable pregnancies are legal \u2014 as \u201cpassionate and messy.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harbaugh then talked about government making decisions for \u201cthe greater good,\u201d and made it clear he believes the rights of a fetus are simply more important than those of a pregnant person.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI recognize one’s personal thinking regarding morality of a particular action may differ from their thinking on whether government should make that action illegal,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cThere are many things one may hold to be immoral but the government appropriately allows because of some greater good or personal or constitutional right.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, I don’t believe that is the case with abortion,\u201d Harbaugh continued. \u201cYes, there are conflicts between the legitimate rights of the mother and the rights of the unborn child. One resolution might involve incredible hardship for the mother, family and society. Another results in the death of an unborn person.\u201d<\/p>\n
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