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National
Key Vote
Prohibit Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion Bill

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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