A different tactic in Michigan

Michigan’s House and Senate Wednesday passed a bill defining legal birth as the moment when any portion of a baby has been delivered from the birth canal. All rights afforded to a human being begin at that moment, the new law says.

Right to Life of Michigan calls it a new conceptual approach to banning partial-birth abortion that has not been tested in the courts.

Passage of the Legal Birth Definition Act effectively overrides Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s earlier veto of identical legislation.

“By votes of 23-11 in the Senate and 74-28 in the House, Michigan’s lawmakers have shown their strong, unwavering support for a law that is designed to outlaw the practice of partial-birth abortion in the state of Michigan,” Right to Life of Michigan said in a statement.