 abortion legislation in lansing washington the michigan senate judiciary committee on tuesday approved legislation that could make it more difficult for a minor to end a pregnancy by abortion without parental consent existing state law prohibits clinics from performing an abortion for a minor without obtaining written consent from a parent or a waiver from a judge but supporters of the law say it contains a loophole allowing minors to shop for a waiver going to court multiple times until they find a judge willing to provide them with the permission they seek for an article on the bill that would require parental consent to for minors to receive an abortion click on the following story link  http wwwmlivecom politics indexssf 201306 abortionmeasureapprovedbymhtml us house passes abortion bill the us house voted tuesday to impose a nationwide ban on abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy over democratic objections that the bill represents a dramatic attempt by republicans to restrict abortion rights with limited exceptions the legislation would ban the abortion of a fetus younger than 20 weeks old or at 22 weeks of pregnancy under a different measuring system the ban would be backed by possible fines against doctors as well as prison sentence of as many as five years however the democratic senate is not expected to consider it at all and president obama threatened to veto the measure if it passed both houses of congress for an article on the bill that would ban late term abortions click on the following story link  http thehillcom blogs flooraction house 306355housepassescontroversiallatetermabortionban 19  abortion legislation lansing washington  