GOP challengers seize on Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s ‘menstruating people’ comments

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a news conference on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the governor’s office in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer’s office says she was on a list of targets of a gunman who fatally shot a man in ...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,”…