Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan needs to protect surrogacy and IVF because of “where we are in this country.”

We're also taking proactive steps to protect IVF and ensure Proposal 3, enacted by an overwhelming majority of Michiganders, stays intact. As we saw with the Roe precedent fall, nothing is settled. We know that a change in power at the national level could lead to an abortion ban, outlaw IVF, criminalize birth control and more. Other states are giving away the game. American politicians are putting themselves in your doctor's office between private discussions that should be left to you and your family. In the years since the overturn of Roe, they've gotten bolder. In Texas, lawmakers banned abortions and zero exceptions for rape or incest. Earlier this month, Arizona blocked a proposal to protect birth control. Last month in Alabama, the Supreme Court placed IVF in jeopardy. Just last week, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a case to ban mifepristone, a common abortion and miscarriage drug. Some said we'd never be in a place where IVF, surrogacy and contraception would be threatened, let alone abortion. But that's exactly where we are right now in this country. Meanwhile, in Michigan, we're making it easier to start a family and to raise a family.