Republican Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver wants abortion to be classified as murder. He has introduced a two-bill package in the Legislature to accomplish that goal in what is likely to be an uphill battle.

Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022 upholding an individual’s “right to reproductive freedom” and that the state may not prosecute anyone for pregnancy outcomes, including “miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.”

Schriver posted, however, there are realities involved. “Killing a mother with child in her womb is a double homicide. Killing the child in her womb (abortion) must be a single homicide.”

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