{"id":1565982,"date":"2022-07-22T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565982"},"modified":"2022-07-22T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:05:38","slug":"michigan-gov-removes-pro-life-programs-from-state-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-removes-pro-life-programs-from-state-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Gov. Removes Pro-Life Programs From State Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-gov-removes-pro-life-programs-from-state-budget%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) used her line veto power Wednesday to eliminate state support for adoption agencies, pregnancy facilities, and maternity homes proposed as alternatives to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing the $76 billion state budget, Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/jul\/19\/gretchen-whitmer-veto-funding-adoption-alternative\/\">cancelled<\/a> a $2 million adoption tax credit, $10 million to promote adoption \u201cas an alternative to abortion,\u201d $3 million for a maternal navigator pilot program, and $700,000 for the Real Alternatives pregnancy program, which promotes \u201cchildbirth, alternatives to abortion, and grief counseling.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer\u2019s budget will, on the other hand, significantly grow state government by adding some 535 full-time positions to the public payroll, the <em>Detroit Free Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/07\/20\/governor-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-state-budget\/10104752002\/\">reported<\/a>, a whopping single-year increase of more than 1.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>A staunch supporter of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and a right to abortion-on-demand, Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6193886\/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-abortion-interview\/\">said<\/a> she is \u201cpulling out all the stops\u201d to enshrine abortion rights into Michigan state law, which helps explain her hostility to programs designed to offer women choices to abortion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHOCK: Embattled Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed legislation that would have made it a felony to attempt to apply for multiple absentee ballots. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w4eUnezyiC\">https:\/\/t.co\/w4eUnezyiC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1317831490747727873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor three and a half years, the threat of my veto is what has kept Michigan pro-choice, frankly, with the legislature that we have,\u201d Whitmer declared in a July interview with <em>Time<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan governor said she had also spoken with the Biden Administration urging them \u201cto talk with their Canadian counterparts\u201d to insure that American women can procure abortions in Canada if they become unavailable in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Following the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s reversal of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in June, Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/06\/24\/whitmer-files-motion-in-michigan-supreme-court-to-protect-constitutional-right-to-abortion\">filed<\/a> a motion urging the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately consider her lawsuit asking the court to decide if Michigan\u2019s state constitution protects the right to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I filed a motion urging the court to immediately take up my lawsuit to protect abortion in Michigan,\u201d Whitmer said on June 24. \u201cWe need to clarify that under Michigan law, access to abortion is not only legal, but constitutionally protected. The urgency of the moment is clear\u2014the Michigan court must act now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) wants residents to gather together to protest, but her executive order restricting church attendance is still in effect. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rD6tdulB8D\">https:\/\/t.co\/rD6tdulB8D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1266855150129479682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>State Republicans reacted strongly to Whitmer\u2019s line vetoes targeting pro-life initiatives, insisting that by doing so she was limiting women\u2019s real-life choices, rather than expanding them.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer\u2019s vetoes \u201csupport only one option for women in a crisis pregnancy \u2014 the deadly choice of abortion,\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-state-budgets-29c8d0d6e890a57eae01bfc1304859b9\">said<\/a>\u00a0State Rep. Thomas Albert, chair of the House Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shocking that the governor, and her far left political base, are now so extreme that helping pregnant women who might consider adoption instead is now a bridge too far,\u201d Albert said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) used her line veto power Wednesday to eliminate state support for adoption agencies, pregnancy facilities, and maternity homes proposed as alternatives to abortion. 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