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Governor Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., Says “Americans will suffer and may die” if Rowe v. Wade is canceled in a guest essay for The New York Times on Monday.
She described in detail her disappointment with the expired draft opinion written by Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito, who signaled a conservative majority in court was preparing to overturn Rowe v. Wade, called on the private sector and the United States to “act creatively” with access to abortion.
“Whether through legislation, executive action, a voting initiative or civic engagement, the answer to the open political governance of a supposedly apolitical, unelected body is to engage in every way and at every level. The answer is to be creative, “Whitmer wrote.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (AP Photo / Al Goldis, file)
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She applauded many in the private sector, particularly companies such as Amazon, Levi Strauss and Yelp, who said they would pay for travel expenses for their employees seeking “medical procedures that cannot be performed where they reside”.
“More companies need to join them,” Whitmer said. “If we do not use every lever of power we have at the moment, or if we succumb to complacency, Americans will suffer and may die,” she wrote, citing an NPR article that does not claim that women are dying.
“Many will disappear from view, they will be forgotten. Most will be poor. A significant contingent will be colored women, “she continued.
FILE – On April 23, 2021, members of the Supreme Court posed for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. (Erin Schaff / New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
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The governor of Michigan also explained a lawsuit she filed in the Michigan court, which aims to “immediately decide whether our state constitution includes the right of access to abortion.” A 1931 Michigan law would ban abortion unless it was done to save the mother’s life. The law does not make exceptions for rape or incest.
An abortion clinic has joined Whitmer’s case, and the governor hopes to ask the Supreme Court to take over her claim. The governor wants the Michigan Supreme Court to rule that abortion is a constitutional right and to repeal the 1931 law, which could come back into force if the expired opinion turns out to reflect a final decision by the US Supreme Court.
Whitmer wrote that she hopes her lawsuit will serve as a model for others to take action to “protect access to safe, legal abortions.” She noted that she was not sure she could pass a bill to repeal the 1931 law, given the republican control over the state legislature.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 31: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama in Belle Isle on October 31, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
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Politico announced the leaked draft opinion, written by Alito, last week. The statement said the court would leave the issue of abortion to the United States.
“It is time to listen to the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to elected representatives,” the draft said.
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