Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Will Veto $21.4 Million for Pregnancy Centers and Adoption
July 19, 2022 | Michigan
Tomorrow, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will confirm she is pro-abortion, not pro-choice. Whitmer recently signed an executive order promoting abortion but on Wednesday she will veto $21.4 million in funding for pregnancy centers that help women find abortion alternatives and adoption programs.
Whitmer will sign the state’s budget into law but use her line item veto power to nix funding for pregnancy centers because she falsely claims they lie to women just because they don’t kill babies in abortions.
Whitmer Communications Director Bobby Leddy cited “connections to fake women’s health centers or implementation concerns” as the reason for the veto.
“While politicians in other states rush to ban abortion, even in instances of rape or incest, Michigan must remain a place where a woman’s ability to make her own medical decisions with her trusted health care provider is respected,” he said in a statement. “As such, Governor Whitmer is expected to veto funding for centers that often purport to offer comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion, but don’t, preying on women at a vulnerable time in their lives.”
Yet taking abortion alternatives like parenting and adoption out of the equation makes it harder for women to make their own medical decisions when pregnant…. (Excerpt from lifenews.com)
