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.
Before signing the $76 billion state budget, Whitmer cancelled a $2 million adoption tax credit, $10 million to promote adoption âas an alternative to abortion,â $3 million for a maternal navigator pilot program, and $700,000 for the Real Alternatives pregnancy program, which promotes âchildbirth, alternatives to abortion, and grief counseling.â
Whitmerâs budget will, on the other hand, significantly grow state government by adding some 535 full-time positions to the public payroll, the Detroit Free Press reported, a whopping single-year increase of more than 1.3 percent…