Michigan GOP lawmaker’s baseless Rx Kids abortion claim disputed by data, called ‘despicable’

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 1,024

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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At a GOP fundraiser in Oakland County alongside U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte), Michigan House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton Twp.) alleged that money from Rx Kids, a prenatal and infant direct cash support program, was going to parents who would take the money and then get abortions.

In audio first published by Distill Social, Bollin called the program “no guardrails welfare for pregnant women and in the first year of a …

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