Gretchen Whitmer Refuses to Say Whether Embryos Are ‘People’ [Video]

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer literally raised Kaitlan Collins’ eyebrows with her non-response to a straightforward question.

Appearing on Tuesday’s installment of The Source on CNN, Whitmer discussed reproductive rights.

Last year, the governor signed into law a series of bills repealing restrictions on abortion, which Michiganders voted to enshrine in the state’s constitution in 2022. This week, Whitmer signed off on legislation to protect patients who use in vitro fertilization and surrogates to have children.

IVF came under fire in Alabama this year when the state supreme court ruled that embryos are people. The decision prompted IVF clinics in the state to pause that service until the Alabama legislature and governor enacted a law shielding clinics from legal liability when they destroy embryos.

“You just mentioned the concerns about what happened in Alabama with the supreme court there and the IVF ruling and really what that could mean for other reproductive rights,” Collins told Whitmer. “On …