Whiteford introduces plan to pump millions into adoption marketing
Sentinel Staff
LANSING A budget proposal in the Michigan House of Representatives would provide $15 million in the state s fiscal year 2022 budget toward marketing alternatives to abortion.
Reps. Mary Whiteford, R-Casco Township, and Tom Albert, R-Lowell, introduced the proposal Tuesday, in House Bill 4189.
Of the $15 million:
$10 million would go toward marketing and informational materials on infant adoption as an alternative to abortion.
$3 million would go toward maternal navigator pilot programs across the state, grant funding for nonprofit counseling or other similar nonprofit services organizations that promote childbirth and alternatives to abortion. The pilot programs also would provide counseling for new and expectant mothers, including victims of rape and other forms of abuse that result in pregnancy.