US EditionMichigan governor candidate says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health access
- Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson plans to publish a memoir this month in which she openly addresses a miscarriage she experienced about eight years ago during her campaign for governor.
- Benson's personal experience, shared amid a nationally watched race in a swing state, follows the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and Michigan voters affirming abortion protections in 2022.
- Her memoir includes anecdotes from her law career and election role while she calls for improved reproductive health access, noting recent Planned Parenthood closures due to financial issues worsened by federal funding freezes.
- Benson told the Associated Press that her experience with miscarriage highlighted the importance of not only defending reproductive freedoms and rights but also ensuring they are genuinely accessible, noting the emotional effects last a lifetime.
- She aims to increase access by incentivizing physicians and expanding rural care, suggesting mobile clinics, with her campaign linked by gender to Governor Whitmer's and emphasizing reproductive rights for Democratic primary voters.
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Jocelyn Benson says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health access
LANSING—Ahead of a nationally watched bid to become Michigan’s next governor, Democrat Jocelyn Benson is releasing a memoir this month that includes her first public discussion of a miscarriage she had about eight years ago—an experience she says will shape her commitment to increasing access to reproductive healthcare in the swing state. Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state, is part of a crowded field seeking to succeed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a…
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Michigan governor candidate says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health access
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage.
Michigan candidate says miscarriage led her to prioritize reproductive health access
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage
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‘Purposeful Warrior’ Jocelyn Benson releases memoir as she sets sight on governor’s mansion
It was a year ago that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced she was writing a book, “The Purposeful Warrior: Standing Up For What’s Right When the Stakes are High,” set for release on Tuesday. But much has changed…
Democrat Jocelyn Benson Is Down To Put Up A Fight
Jocelyn Benson clearly remembers waking up one morning in 2020 to see that Donald Trump had posted a tweet attacking her. The Michigan Secretary of State — who in the tweet, Trump called “rogue” — was naturally taken aback that the president of the United States was targeting her on social media. In his tweet, Trump accused Benson of sending absentee ballots to voters who didn’t ask for them, and went on to threaten withdrawing federal funding f…
Be Lit with Jocelyn Benson: An Excerpt from “The Purposeful Warrior”
“We all have the spark within us to become purposeful warriors.” Who Jocelyn Benson is Michigan’s Secretary of State and candidate for Governor. She ascended into the national spotlight in 2020 as one of the “Women from Michigan” who successfully blocked the attempt to overturn with the accurate results of the 2020 presidential election. What In The Purposeful Warrior, Benson shows us how to turn fear and frustration into a fight for integrity a…
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