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U.S. Senate Approves D&X Ban

The Senate on Tuesday voted to ban the practice that critics call partial birth abortion, sending President Bush a measure that supporters and foes alike said could alter the future of U.S. abortion rights. A court challenge is certain. The 64-34 vote came three weeks after the House passed the same measure by 281-142. The bill defines partial birth abortion as delivery of a baby "until, in the case of a headfirst presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of the breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus."

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Posted by Webmaster at October 21, 2003 05:46 PM