Whitmer signs Michigan budget into law, praises bipartisan nature of negotiations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Those line-item vetoes will include a $10 million appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services for encouraging adoptions as an alternative to abortion, as well as $3 million for a maternal navigator program for referrals and pregnancy services in geographically diverse areas, $1.5 million for grants to pregnancy resource centers and $50,000 tied to language prohibiting use of state dollars to fund elective abortions.
44% : Whitmer to strike $16 million in funding for anti-abortion initiatives from state budget
36% : -- that would prohibit programs from providing referrals for abortion services will also be stricken from the budget, as will $700,000 in federal funds for an alternative pregnancy and parenting services program promoting childbirth, alternatives to abortion and grief counseling.
30% : Whitmer said the line items as written "would have utilized state funding to promote an anti-choice political agenda," and said as governor she would stop efforts to undermine reproductive health care.

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