Whitmer directs agencies to increase protections for reproductive health care – By Beth LeBlanc (The Detroit News) / May 25, 2022
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a directive Wednesday requiring state departments and agencies to increase protections for reproductive health care and barring them, in some instances, from cooperating with other states or local communities investigating reproductive health care services.
The directive requires state agencies to report to the governor within 30 days about which opportunities, if any, each department has to increase protections pertaining to reproductive healthcare.
“Whatever happens at the U.S. Supreme Court, my administration is committed to ensuring that all Michigan residents have access to safe and affordable health care, including contraception,” Whitmer wrote in her directive. “A woman’s health, not politics, should guide life-changing medical decisions.”
