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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:39 PM Dec 2012

STOP Michigan's War on Women

This should go viral!



Michigan House Democrats·19 videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/MIHouseDemocrats

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MIHouseDems

Twitter: #prochoice #waronwomen

Abortion bill heads to Mich. governor's desk

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/14/michigan-abortion-bill-passes-house/1769019/

An omnibus abortion bill, approved by the Senate on Wednesday, passed the House early Friday by a 72-35 vote, after a controversial requirement that an aborted fetus be buried, cremated or interred was removed earlier this week.

Democrats offered a handful of amendments, some referred to as "what's good for the goose is good for the gander," to require men to undergo physical exams before being prescribed Viagra or to get a vasectomy.

But all the amendments were shot down. ...
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blue_heron

(223 posts)
2. Sad and Scary
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:11 PM
Dec 2012

My heart is very heavy with what has happened in the course of a week. I cannot imagine what the citizens of Michigan must be feeling. This cannot be what they want. It is so outrageous and so wrong.

Rise up Michiganders. Rise Up and let your legislature know you will not stand for this.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
4. MI House Dems: Lisa Brown was allowed to say vagina this morning when speaking against HB
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:19 PM
Dec 2012

Michigan House Democrats
Lisa Brown was allowed to say vagina this morning when speaking against HB 5711. That's the only positive progress that was really made though.
https://www.facebook.com/MIHouseDems

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