Whitmer says passing abortion rights measure will help Michigan lure industry

(Detroit Free Press) LANSING − Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she sees the abortion proposal on Michigan's Nov. 8 ballot as not just a major advance for women's rights but a potential economic development tool that would benefit all Michiganders.

If the measure passes and she wins reelection, "I want to go into anti-choice states and start recruiting talent, start recruiting headquarters," Whitmer told the Free Press Editorial Board on Thursday.

"I want to walk into Indiana and Ohio and eat their lunch," Whitmer said, speaking via a Microsoft Teams connection from a Lansing law office.

Critics scoffed at Whitmer's comments Friday, but there are links between state laws and social policies on the one hand and talent attraction and retention on the other. ............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/03/whitmer-abortion-proposal-poach-companies-talent-from-anti-choice-states/69529559007/