The Michigan legislature hasn’t held a final Senate vote yet on a massive anti-choice omnibus bill that had some House members so enraged they were punished by leadership for their “heated rhetoric” (you know, like using the word “vagina”). But if you were hoping women’s rights might receive greater protection in the next election, prospects in some races are still rather dim.

MLive profiles two Democrats hoping to take on Republican Representative Mike Shirkey in 2010. Unfortunately, neither candidate is very supportive of a woman’s right to control her own body.

The two Democrats have similar views on abortion.

[Bonnie] Johnson said abortion should be legal, but not past the first trimester unless the mother’s life is in danger. “Abortion is not for me or my family, but I do not feel I have the right to impose my feelings on the next-door-neighbor,” she said.

[Steve] Grace said abortion should be legal, but there should be greater restrictions. He said he likely would support legislation introduced in Michigan that would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother’s life is in danger. As an Orthodox Christian, he said he doesn’t believe in abortion. “But I also feel it’s not my job to be in the doctor’s office between a woman and her doctor,” he said.

Then again, Shirkey believes abortion is “nothing short of infanticide” and that de-funding Planned Parenthood is one of the most important matters facing the government, so I suppose anything else is an improvement?