LANSING, Mich.—Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer today urged the Republican-controlled state legislature to repeal a state law banning abortion. Whitmer stated in a press release, “I call on the legislature to send (Democrat) Senator Erika Geiss’ bill that repeals our nearly century-old ban on abortion to my desk. I have always stood with those fighting for their right to choose, and will not stop now.” The law that Whitmer wants repealed is Act 328 of 1931. That law considers abortion a felony, except in cases where the life of the mother is endangered. The law was superseded by the 1973 U. S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion across the nation, but still remains on the books. If the U. S. Supreme Court were to overturn its 1973 decision that abortion is a constitutionally protected right, Act 328 is likely to again become the law of the …