Steve Carra

Republican · Michigan House, District 36 · Safe R district · Veteran

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Contact

Email: stevecarra@house.mi.gov
Capitol Phone: 517-373-0843
Official Website: repcarra.com
Facebook: facebook.com/stevecarraforcongress
Capitol Office: Room S-885, Anderson House Office Building 124 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48933

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Dear Steve Carra,

I'm writing as a Michigan constituent to urge you to support the abolition of abortion in our state. Abortion ends the life of a human being made in the image of God, and equal protection of the law demands its abolition.

Specifically, I ask you to:

  - Support any bill that establishes equal legal protection for the preborn from the moment of fertilization
  - Oppose incremental measures that concede that some abortions may lawfully occur
  - Speak publicly against abortion as the injustice it is

Abolition — not regulation or reduction — is the just response to the killing of the preborn.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your city, ZIP]

Voting Record

Bill	Description	Vote	Grade
HB 4949(opens in new tab)	Repeals pre-Roe Michigan abortion restrictions and codifies expansive abortion access. A Yea vote is the pro-abortion-access position.	Nay	Pass
HB 4951(opens in new tab)	Companion to HB 4949; strikes references to repealed abortion crimes from the sentencing guidelines statute.	Nay	Pass
SB 0474(opens in new tab)	Repeals the TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws from the Michigan public health code.	Nay	Pass
SB 0476(opens in new tab)	Updates the statutory definition of abortion in the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.	Nay	Pass
SB 0147(opens in new tab)	Amends the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act to remove references to nontherapeutic abortions.	Nay	Pass
HR 0072(opens in new tab)	House resolution condemning federal restrictions on mifepristone, a common medication-abortion drug.	Nay	Pass

Source: Michigan Legislature roll-call PDFs. Bills that never received a floor vote (5 of the 10 tracked anti-abortion bills died in committee) are omitted. Click any bill number to read the full text on legislature.mi.gov.

Bill Sponsorships

Sponsored 2023 HB 4683 (Felony for providing abortion)
Provider-only felony for performing abortion. Closer to abolitionist framing than viability bans, but stops short of equal-protection standard.
Sponsored 2022 HB 6270 (Total abortion ban)
Total ban with life-of-mother exception. Explicitly exempts the pregnant woman from prosecution.
Sponsored 2023 HB 4684/4685/4686 (Publication + advertising ban package)
Companion package to HB 4683 restricting sale and advertisement of abortion methods.
Sponsored a fetal heartbeat ban
Bans abortion after ~6 weeks; permits abortion prior to detectable heartbeat. Incrementalist tell.

Overall legislative activity (all subjects, all sessions tracked): 30 primary sponsorships, 123 cosponsorships.

Committee Assignments

Corporate Subsidies and State Investments — Chair
Oversight
State and Local Public Assistance Programs
Transportation and Infrastructure

Source: Open States.

Endorsements

Right to Life of Michigan (2024)
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Right to Life of Michigan (RTL) is Michigan's largest incrementalist pro-life organization. Founded in 1970, RTL supports restricting abortion through regulations, exceptions, and gradual legal change — not the immediate total abolition that Abolish Abortion Michigan advocates.
An RTL endorsement generally indicates a candidate willing to vote for pro-life restrictions and accept exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother.
: Endorsed
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan
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Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAMI) is the political-advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood in Michigan. It endorses candidates who support unrestricted abortion access and Planned Parenthood funding, and runs voter mobilization on their behalf.
Data source: Ballotpedia's tracked endorsement list. Only PPAMI's “notable” endorsements are captured; their full slate lives on their Wix-hosted site which is not machine-readable.
: Not among Ballotpedia-tracked endorsements
Citizens for Traditional Values
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Citizens for Traditional Values (CTV) is a Michigan Christian political-advocacy organization founded in 1983. CTV endorses candidates aligned with conservative Christian positions on life, family, and religious freedom.
: Endorsed

Campaign Finance (Abortion-Related PACs)

Right to Life of Michigan PAC

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Planned Parenthood affiliates

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Combined abortion-related PACs

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Source: FollowTheMoney.org itemized contributions, 2022 + 2024 Michigan election cycles.

Why is this often $0?

A $0 total here does not mean a legislator has no support from these organizations — it means no itemized direct contribution is on file with the Michigan Bureau of Elections for the tracked cycles. Support typically flows through channels that don't show up:

Independent expenditures — Right to Life of Michigan and Planned Parenthood Advocates both spend the majority of their political budgets on ads for or against candidates, which are reported separately from candidate contributions and are not included here.
Aligned PACs — Pro-choice legislators often receive support through the Michigan Democratic Party, Reproductive Freedom for All, EMILY's List, or similar allied committees rather than directly from Planned Parenthood.
Safe-seat legislators — Candidates in uncompetitive districts often draw little PAC money because they don't need it.
Cycle timing — Legislators mid-term (like state senators elected in 2022 running again in 2026) show no 2024 activity because they weren't on the ballot.

A non-zero total is meaningful (an explicit check to the campaign); a zero is the absence of one channel of support, not proof of no relationship.

Recent News Coverage

Source: Google News, scoped to Michigan-local outlets and abortion-related queries.

Data compiled from Michigan Legislature roll-call PDFs, Open States API, Right to Life of Michigan endorsement list, Ballotpedia, and FollowTheMoney.org. Back to the full scorecard.

Dataset last refreshed July 22, 2026.