From: heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 1:09 AM To: Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup Subject: House moves forward with ban on partial-birth abortion From: "Dr. JOHN R. STROME" Subject: House moves forward with ban on partial-birth abortion Cc: heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com >Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 13:17:16 -0500 (CDT) >From: "Steven A. Ertelt" <ertelt@prolife.org> >To: Steve Ertelt <ertelt@prolife.org> >Subject: House moves forward with ban on partial-birth abortion > >House moves forward with ban on partial-birth abortion > >The U.S. House brought a ban on partial-birth abortions one step closer to >reality today by adopting the amended Senate version of the ban. The >Senate voted in May to accept the ban the House previously passed in March >but added three minor amendments agreed to by the authors of the ban and >the American Medical Association, which later endorsed the bill. > >Members voted 296-132 to pass the ban on partial-birth abortions, ten >votes more than the necessary two-thirds majority needed to override a >presidential veto. President Clinton has indicated he will veto the bill >despite new information that contradicts his previous reasons for vetoing >the ban. In voting, 217 Republicans and 79 Democrats voted in favor of the >bill while 8 Republicans and 123 Democrats voted against it (Independent >Rep. Bernie Sanders voted no). The House had previously accepted the ban >295-136. > >Supporters of the ban say three additional votes on the Senate side are >necessary to override the expected presidential veto. > >Before considering the ban, members debated the "rule" which stipulates >the parameters for debate. The proposed "rule" disallowed an amendment to >allow partial-birth abortions for the specious "health" of the mother >reason. > >In the summer of 1996, an organization called the Physicians' Ad Hoc >Coalition for Truth (PHACT), a coalition of over 230 physicians, said: