By Karen Bouffard Detroit News Lansing Bureau Comments Zoom Gilbert ) Lansing â€" Michigan would become the first state in the nation to grant tax exemptions for fetuses under legislation considered by a House committee on Tuesday. Democrats and pro-choice advocates said the two-bill package is similar to attempts in Mississippi, Colorado and other states to adopt measures meant to obstruct abortion rights by declaring a fetus of any age a person. If the two-bill package passes in the state Legislature and is signed by Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan would be the first to pass a "personhood" law. Members of the House Tax Policy Committee did not vote on the two-bill package Tuesday, saying they...
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