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National

Key Vote

Prohibit Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion Bill



Key Votes:
HR 760

Issues: Abortion Issues, Reproductive Issues
Date: 06/04/2003
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steven (R-OH) (out of office)



Roll no. 242

Bill Passed
(House)

How members voted
(282 - 139)


Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that would prohibit any individual from knowingly performing the procedure known as intact dilation and extraction, in which a fetus/unborn child is partially delivered before it is aborted. The only exception is if the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.

Official Title of Legislation:

HR 760: To prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.

Highlights:

- Allows for criminal prosecution of the individual that performs the act

- Prohibits prosecution of the woman on whom the abortion was performed

Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:hr760:

House Passage: 06/04/2003 : Bill Passed 282 - 139 (Roll no. 242)

Sponsor:
Rep. Chabot, Steven (R-OH) (out of office)

Cosponsors:
Rep. Aderholt, Robert (R-AL)
Rep. Akin, W. Todd (R-MO)
Rep. Alexander, Rodney (R-LA)
Rep. Bachus, Spencer (R-AL)
Rep. Baker, Richard Hugh (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Ballenger, Cass (-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham (R-SC)
Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe (R-MD)
Rep. Barton, Joe (R-TX)
Rep. Beauprez, Bob (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Bishop, Rob (R-UT)
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
Rep. Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
Rep. Boehner, John (R-OH)
Rep. Bonilla, Henry (R-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Boozman, John (R-AR)
Rep. Brady, Kevin (R-TX)
Rep. Brown, Henry Jr. (R-SC)
Rep. Burgess, Michael (R-TX)
Rep. Burns, Max (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Burr, Richard (R-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Burton, Dan (R-IN)
Rep. Buyer, Stephen (R-IN)
Rep. Calvert, Ken (R-CA)
Rep. Camp, David (R-MI)
Rep. Cannon, Chris (R-UT) (out of office)
Rep. Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
Rep. Carter, John (R-TX)
Rep. Chocola, Chris (R-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Coble, John (R-NC)
Rep. Cole, Tom (R-OK)
Rep. Collins, Mac (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Costello, Jerry (D-IL)
Rep. Crane, Philip (-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Cubin, Barbara (R-WY) (out of office)
Rep. Culberson, John (R-TX)
Rep. Cunningham, Randall (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Davis, Jo Ann (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Davis, Thomas III (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. DeLay, Thomas (R-TX) (out of office)
Rep. DeMint, Jim (-SC) (out of office)
Rep. Doolittle, John (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Doyle, Michael Jr. (D-PA)
Rep. Ehlers, Vernon (R-MI)
Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO)
Rep. English, Philip (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Everett, Terry (R-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Feeney, Tom (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Ferguson, Michael (R-NJ) (out of office)
Rep. Flake, Jeff (R-AZ)
Rep. Fletcher, Ernest (-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Foley, Mark (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Forbes, James Randy (R-VA)
Rep. Franks, Trent (R-AZ)
Rep. Garrett, Scott (R-NJ)
Rep. Gingrey, Phil (R-GA)
Rep. Goode, Virgil Jr. (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Goodlatte, Robert (R-VA)
Rep. Goss, Porter (-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Granger, Kay (R-TX)
Rep. Graves, Samuel (R-MO)
Rep. Green, Mark (R-WI) (out of office)
Rep. Gutknecht, Gilbert (R-MN) (out of office)
Rep. Hart, Melissa (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Hayes, Robert (R-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Hayworth, John Jr. (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Hefley, Joel (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Hensarling, Jeb (R-TX)
Rep. Hoekstra, Peter (R-MI)
Rep. Hostettler, John Nathan (R-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Hulshof, Kenny (R-MO) (out of office)
Rep. Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Hyde, Henry (R-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Issa, Darrell (R-CA)
Rep. Janklow, William (-SD) (out of office)
Rep. Jenkins, William Lewis (R-TN) (out of office)
Rep. John, Christopher (-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Johnson, Timothy (R-IL)
Rep. Jones, Walter Jr. (R-NC)
Rep. Keller, Ric (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Kennedy, Mark (R-MN) (out of office)
Rep. King, Peter (R-NY)
Rep. King, Steve (R-IA)
Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA)
Rep. Kline, John (R-MN)
Rep. LaHood, Ray (R-IL) (out of office)
Rep. LaTourette, Steven (R-OH)
Rep. Lewis, Ron (R-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Linder, John (R-GA)
Rep. Lucas, Frank (R-OK)
Rep. Lucas, Kenneth (D-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Manzullo, Donald (R-IL)
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI)
Rep. McCrery, James III (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Mica, John (R-FL)
Rep. Miller, Candice (R-MI)
Rep. Miller, Jeff (R-FL)
Rep. Mollohan, Alan (D-WV)
Rep. Moran, Jerry (R-KS)
Rep. Murphy, Tim (R-PA)
Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Myrick, Suellen (R-NC)
Rep. Ney, Robert William (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Northup, Anne (R-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Norwood, Charles Jr. (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Nussle, James (R-IA) (out of office)
Rep. Oberstar, James (D-MN)
Rep. Osborne, Thomas William (R-NE) (out of office)
Rep. Otter, Clement (R-ID) (out of office)
Rep. Oxley, Michael (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Pearce, Stevan (R-NM) (out of office)
Rep. Pence, Mike (R-IN)
Rep. Peterson, Collin (D-MN)
Rep. Peterson, John (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Petri, Thomas (R-WI)
Rep. Pickering, Charles Jr. (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Pitts, Joseph (R-PA)
Rep. Platts, Todd (R-PA)
Rep. Pombo, Richard (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Portman, Robert (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Putnam, Adam (R-FL)
Rep. Rahall, Nick II (D-WV)
Rep. Rehberg, Dennis (R-MT)
Rep. Renzi, Richard (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Rogers, Harold (R-KY)
Rep. Rogers, Michael (R-AL)
Rep. Rogers, Mike (R-MI)
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL)
Rep. Ryan, Paul (R-WI)
Rep. Ryun, Jim (R-KS) (out of office)
Rep. Schrock, Edward (-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James Jr. (R-WI)
Rep. Sessions, Peter (R-TX)
Rep. Shadegg, John (R-AZ)
Rep. Shimkus, John (R-IL)
Rep. Shuster, Bill (R-PA)
Rep. Simpson, Michael (R-ID)
Rep. Skelton, Ike (D-MO)
Rep. Smith, Christopher (R-NJ)
Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX)
Rep. Souder, Mark (R-IN)
Rep. Stearns, Clifford (R-FL)
Rep. Stenholm, Charles (-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Stupak, Bart (D-MI)
Rep. Sullivan, John (R-OK)
Rep. Tancredo, Tom (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Tauzin, William (-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Taylor, Charles (R-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Taylor, Gene (D-MS)
Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE)
Rep. Tiahrt, Todd (R-KS)
Rep. Tiberi, Patrick (R-OH)
Rep. Toomey, Patrick (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Turner, Michael (R-OH)
Rep. Vitter, David (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Wamp, Zach (R-TN)
Rep. Weldon, David (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Weller, Gerald (R-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Whitfield, Edward (R-KY)
Rep. Wilson, Addison Sr. (R-SC)
Rep. Wolf, Frank (R-VA)



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