The state House could consider  as early as today a package of bills to add the most sweeping restrictions on the procedure the Legislature has considered in decades, the Free Press reports.

Abortion rights supporters say the bills could result in the closure of most Michigan clinics where abortions are performed.

Abortion rights opponents say the bills are a remedy for abuses.

On Tuesday, more than 250 people, many wearing bright pink T-shirts, protested against the bills on the lawn of the state Capitol in Lansing.

"We intend to be here tomorrow and Thursday and remind them as loudly and as often as we need to," said Lori Lamerand, board chairwoman of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan. "This bill really could have ramifications in November."

The T-shirts worn by the crowd, mostly women, said: "Women are Watching ... And we vote."

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