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Wednesday January 23, 2008
Michigan and Alaska a Step Closer to Banning Partial Birth Abortion
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By Hilary White
LANSING, Michigan/JUNEAU, Alaska, January 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On the 35th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Michigan Senate voted 24-13 to outlaw partial-birth abortion. The bill will now go to the House of Representatives where it is expected to be passed. Governor Jennifer Granholm, who maintains that she is Roman Catholic, has not yet indicated whether she intends to veto the bill.
A previous attempt to ban the grisly procedure in 2004 was vetoed by Governor Granholm. The veto was overturned by the legislature after a massive petition drive resulting in over 460,000 signatures. But a federal court subsequently struck down the measure overturning the governor's veto.
Sen. Cameron Brown, R-Sturgis, urged support for the ban, calling partial birth abortion "a practice not worthy of a civilized society". The proposal would make the procedure a state felony punishable by up to two years in prison and/or a $50,000 fine.
Meanwhile the House of Representatives of the state of Alaska is set to vote on a similar measure approved on Monday this week by the House Judiciary Committee.
Rep. John Coghill, R-North Pole, is co-sponsoring the abortion-related bill. He told the Fairbanks Daily News, "It's part of the generation-long debate over 'Is this really a child?'" he said. "Is this a human being worthy of protection?"
The language of both bills is in close conformity with that of the federal ban. Alaska's previous attempt to ban the procedure was overturned in 1998 by a federal court on constitutional grounds. Since the US Supreme Court allowed the federal ban to stand, other states are bringing forward legislation that are expected to stand.
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