Republican contenders for Michigan governor are making hay with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s referring to “menstruating people” in a state Democratic Party discussion on how to protect a woman’s right to abortion.
Ms. Whitmer said she is mulling options if the Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that granted a national right to the procedure.
“Number one: I have the constitutional ability to bring a lawsuit to protect constitutional rights of people of Michigan,” she told a Zoom event hosted by the state Democratic Party. “So I brought a lawsuit on behalf of all the menstruating people in Michigan — 2.