Two bills aimed at limiting abortion options moved closer to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk today, adding to two others awaiting his signature.
According to Kathleen Gray and Robin Erb in the Detroit Free Press, one bill passed the Senate, 27-10, and calls for more stringent licensing of abortion clinics; the other, passed out of the House insurance committee into the full House, would allow health care providers to refuse service based on moral objections, religious reasons or matters of conscience.
Both must be voted on by the full House.
Two bills already on Snyder’s desk would limit abortion coverage on policies sold on a statewide health insurance exchange unless consumers purchase it as an add-on. The exchange is a Web-based marketplace where consumers will be able to buy insurance as health care reform takes full effect in 2014.
