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National
Key Vote
Prohibit Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion bill
Key Votes:
S 3
Issues: Abortion Issues
Date: 10/02/2003
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Richard (R-PA) (out of office)
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| Roll no. 530
Conference Report Adopted
(House)
How members voted
(281 - 142)
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Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that prohibits 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.
Official Title of Legislation:
S 3: A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.
Highlights:
-Permits the procedure if the life of the woman were in danger
-Penalizes anyone who illegally performed the procedure with fines and up to two years imprisonment
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:s3:
Senate Passage: 03/13/2003 : Bill Passed 64 - 33 (Record Vote Number 51) House Passage With Amendment: 06/04/2003 : Bill Passed
NOTE: THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE LEGISLATION. House Conference Report Vote: 10/02/2003 : Conference Report Adopted 281 - 142 (Roll no. 530) Senate Conference Report Vote: 10/21/2003 : Conference Report Adopted: 64 - 34 (Record Vote Number 402) President Passage: 11/05/2003 : Signed Became Public Law Number 108-105
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Richard (R-PA) (out of office)
Cosponsors: Sen. Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
Sen. Allard, Wayne (R-CO) (out of office)
Sen. Allen, George Felix (R-VA) (out of office)
Sen. Bennett, Robert (R-UT)
Sen. Bond, Christopher (R-MO)
Sen. Brownback, Samuel (R-KS)
Sen. Bunning, Jim (R-KY)
Sen. Campbell, Ben (D-CO) (out of office)
Sen. Chambliss, C. Saxby (R-GA)
Sen. Cochran, Thad (R-MS)
Sen. Coleman, Norm (R-MN) (out of office)
Sen. Cornyn, John (R-TX)
Sen. Craig, Larry (R-ID) (out of office)
Sen. Crapo, Michael (R-ID)
Sen. DeWine, Michael (R-OH) (out of office)
Sen. Dole, Elizabeth (R-NC) (out of office)
| Sen. Domenici, Pete (R-NM) (out of office)
Sen. Ensign, John (R-NV)
Sen. Enzi, Michael (R-WY)
Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter (-IL) (out of office)
Sen. Frist, William (R-TN) (out of office)
Sen. Graham, Lindsey (R-SC)
Sen. Grassley, Charles (R-IA)
Sen. Gregg, Judd (R-NH)
Sen. Hagel, Charles (R-NE) (out of office)
Sen. Hatch, Orrin (R-UT)
Sen. Inhofe, James (R-OK)
Sen. Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)
Sen. Lott, Chester Sr. (R-MS) (out of office)
Sen. Lugar, Richard (R-IN)
Sen. McCain, John III (R-AZ)
Sen. McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
| Sen. Miller, Zell Bryan (-GA) (out of office)
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)
Sen. Nelson, Bill Sr. (D-FL)
Sen. Nickles, Don (-OK) (out of office)
Sen. Roberts, Pat (R-KS)
Sen. Sessions, Jefferson III (R-AL)
Sen. Shelby, Richard (R-AL)
Sen. Smith, Gordon (R-OR) (out of office)
Sen. Sununu, John (R-NH) (out of office)
Sen. Talent, James (R-MO) (out of office)
Sen. Thomas, Craig (R-WY) (out of office)
Sen. Voinovich, George (R-OH)
Sen. Warner, John (R-VA) (out of office)
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