LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to repeal state law's broad abortion ban that dates back to the 1840s, placing the change one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature.
In the November election, voters in Michigan approved a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights, so the policy in question had already been largely nullified. But Democratic lawmakers who hold majorities in the House and Senate vowed to take the abortion law off the books, and Sen. Erika Geiss, D-Taylor, said their actions followed the will of the people.
"The people demand it," Geiss said during a speech in the Senate chamber. "It is the floor of what we must do. But do it we must.
