Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is on the front lines of protecting abortion rights in Michigan, where a court injunction is the only thing keeping the state from reverting to a 1931 law that banned and criminalized abortion
"I don't think many knew that Michigan would snap back 91 years to a law that would render this pro-choice state one of the most extreme in the country," Whitmer told CNN."No exceptions for rape, no exception for incest. This is how serious this moment is and how dramatic lives could be upended in Michigan."A week after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
She won a coveted endorsement from the Michigan Right to Life, an influential anti-abortion rights grassroots group that is mounting a campaign against a petition to get a question on the November ballot to ask voters directly whether they want to enshrine abortion rights into the Michigan constitution."On both sides, it energizes people," Dixon said of the Supreme Court's landmark decision.
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