Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer claims, without evidence, ‘Americans will suffer and may die’ if Roe overturned

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., claimed, "Americans will suffer and may die," if Roe v. Wade gets overturned in a guest essay for The New York Times on Monday.

She detailed her disappointment in the leaked draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who signaled the conservative majority of the court was getting ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, and called for the private sector and states to "get creative" with abortion access.

"Whether through legislation, executive action, ballot initiative or civic engagement, the answer to the overtly political ruling of a supposedly apolitical, unelected body is to engage in every way and at every level. The answer is to get creative," Whitmer wrote.

She applauded many in the private sector, specifically companies like Amazon, Levi Strauss and Yelp, that have said they would pay for travel costs for their employees who seek "medical procedures that cannot be performed where they reside."

"More companies must join them," Whitmer said. "If we do not use every lever of power we have right now, or if we succumb to complacency, Americans will suffer and may die," she wrote, linking to an NPR article that made no claim about women dying.

"Many will be out of sight, forgotten. Most will be poor. A sizable contingent will be women... (Read more)

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