In a recent guest commentary on the web site of the Grand Rapids Press, Michigan gubernatorial Rick Snyder claims that he is "pro-life" and "strongly believe(s) in the rights of the unborn."
Rick Snyder may claim to be "pro-life" and "believe in the rights of the unborn" but his financial support for the Proposal 2 campaign to legalize the killing of human embryos for research in Michigan proves otherwise. Individuals who truly believe in the rights of the unborn don't give $2,000 to a campaign whose goal was to legalize lethal experiments on the most vulnerable unborn children, human embryos. If Rick Snyder was truly prolife, he wouldn't have supported an effort which treats unborn children like they are mere commodities to be experimented on and killed at a researcher's whim.
In the guest commentary, Snyder goes on to argue that he can lower the abortion rate in Michigan "by focusing primarily on the economy." Governor Jennifer Granholm was another politician who claimed to be 'personally pro-life," but during her time in office Governor Granholm vetoed a number of prolife bills.
While the strength of the economy may have an effect on the number of abortions, the number of abortions performed in Michigan has lowered dramatically over the last 2 decades during economic good times and bad times. Michigan's abortion and economic history provides a great example of how prolife laws can do much more to lower the number of abortions than a thriving economy.
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