Whitmer keeps bashing Michigan abortion law, but has little power to change it

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : More: Abortion is legal in Michigan.
48% : The law bans any state or other public entity from enforcement, instead giving these duties to private citizens.
45% : Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, said her organization and others that support abortion rights are pushing the U.S. Congress to enact a federal right to abortion.
45% : More: Whitmer vetoes more than $16M in anti-abortion funding in Michigan budget
42% : That's because Michigan and 25 others states have laws banning abortion that are currently superseded by the high court's previous rulings in Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood.
42% : Because the lawsuit heard by the high court was filed against entities who either cannot or pledged not to pursue enforcement, the justices ruled the lawsuit procedurally deficient and declined to prevent the law from taking effect.
41% : Earlier this week she vetoed more than $16 million from the new state budget intended for organizations that promote alternatives to abortion.
40% : And I've called on our legislature to pass a bill and send it to my desk that repeals this 90-year-old ban on abortion."
39% : Another nine states, including Michigan, have laws banning abortion still on the books that pre-date the court's 1973 ruling in Roe.
31% : Of the 26 states listed, 12 have laws known as "trigger bans," meaning abortion will be banned if and when Roe and Casey are overturned.
29% : "These line items would create a gag rule preventing reproductive health service providers from even mentioning abortion and otherwise make it hard for women to get the healthcare they need," Whitmer wrote in a letter to lawmakers explaining the vetoes.
24% : Whitmer also called the high court's recent ruling that allowed a Texas ban on abortion after six weeks to take effect a "gut punch."

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