Michigan's Jim Harbaugh elaborates on 'abortion issue,' if loved one had unplanned pregnancy

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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh elaborated on his pro-life stance over the weekend after his comments at a Right to Life conference roiled social media and some college football fans.

Harbaugh told ESPN he encourages his family, players and staff members that if they could not take care of a baby after an unplanned pregnancy for whatever reason then he and his wife would take the child and help raise it.

"I've told [them] the same thing I tell my kids, boys, the girls, same thing I tell our players, our staff members. I encourage them if they have a pregnancy that wasn't planned, to go through with it, go through with it" Harbaugh said. "Let that unborn child be born and if at that time, you don't feel like you can care for it, you don't have the means or the wherewithal, then Sarah and I will take that baby."

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Head coach Jim Harbaugh, of the Michigan Wolverines, walks the field before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 9, 2021 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)

Harbaugh’s remarks at the Right to Life event in Plymouth, Michigan, drew ire in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

He told ESPN, "the abortion issue is one that's so big that it needs to be talked about."

"It's a life or death type of issue. And I believe in, and I respect, people's views. But let's hear them. Let's discuss them because there's passion on both sides of this issue," Harbaugh added. "So when you combine that with respect, that's when the best results come ... [I'm] just contributing to that conversation and that