Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer in NYT op-ed: I’m not going to wait for Congress to act on abortion

[basquebromance]

i like governors who are do'ers...even if i disagree with what they do. Whitmer is a governor who is a do'er, but i disagree with what she does

Whitmer: I’m not going to wait for Congress to act on abortion

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) encouraged other governors and state officials across the country on Monday to take action on protecting abortion access amid the fallout over a leaked draft Supr…

thehill.com

 

[shoshi]

Is she the one the militia group wanted to kidnap?

 

[basquebromance]

Is she the one the militia group wanted to kidnap?

yup

 

[gipper]

Is she the one the militia group wanted to kidnap?

No. That was the FBI. I wonder why she hasn’t expressed displeasure with the FBI over the kidnap plot. Lol. Maybe she was in on it.

 

[sealybobo]

i like governors who are do'ers...even if i disagree with what they do. Whitmer is a governor who is a do'er, but i disagree with what she does

Whitmer: I’m not going to wait for Congress to act on abortion

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) encouraged other governors and state officials across the country on Monday to take action on protecting abortion access amid the fallout over a leaked draft Supr…

thehill.com

Most of us in MI agree with what she does. That's why she won.

Michigan, California, Vermont Affirm Abortion Rights in State Ballot Proposals​

Voters in all three states amended their constitutions to include reproductive rights, while Kentucky voters rejected an amendment that would have said there was no right to the procedure.

In Michigan, the vote on whether to place abortion protections in the State Constitution played out at the same time as a high-stakes governor race. Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic incumbent, made support for abortion rights central to her campaign.