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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #363636; min-height: 19.0px">Right to Life of Michigan is counting on the Michigan Legislature will take up its abortion insurance bill this fall, but Republican leadership has not yet pledged to do so.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #363636; min-height: 19.0px">The legislature could make the legislation law without Governor Snyder&rsquo;s signature if both chambers pass it because it is a &ldquo;citizens initiative&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #363636; min-height: 19.0px">The problem is that once the petition signatures have been certificated the legislature needs to act on it within 40 days. If no action is taken it will go on the ballot in 2014 for the people to decide.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #363636; min-height: 19.0px">As usual, politics will have an impact on what the legislators will do because voting for against passage will impact their reelection in 2014.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #363636; min-height: 19.0px">For a detailed article on what is in play read on at:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #363636; min-height: 19.0px"><a href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/richardville_right_to_life_of.html#incart_river ">http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/richardville_right_to_life_of.html#incart_river</a></p>
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