GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her Republican challenger Tudor Dixon kicked off Thursday’s debate in Grand Rapids sparring over abortion and what exemptions or limitations they would support related to abortion. Dixon noted a judge had already ruled on state abortion legislation, referring to a permanent injunction currently keeping the status quo in place before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, and that a ballot proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot would also likely affect Michigan’s abortion laws. She accused Whitmer of supporting abortion through …
