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NOW,

By the time you receive this Legislative Update, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution will likely have taken up a renewed effort to ban a range of vaginal abortion procedures—deceptively called "partial-birth" abortions (H.R. 4965, The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002, sponsored by Republican Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio). The proposed law imposes criminal penalties of up to two years in prison, plus fines, for physicians who perform the banned procedures. It also gives a civil damages remedy against the abortion provider to the woman's husband and parents. House abortion rights opponents candidly admit they hope the legislation will be an effective "wedge" issue that will help them in the fall 2002 elections. Slim anti-abortion rights majorities in the House passed similar abortion ban bills in 1996, 1997 and 2000, while the Senate has voted on the issue three times. President Clinton vetoed such bills twice—both in election years.

http://www.now.org/issues/legislat/200207.html#now

[alloysteel]

I am sure that the attack by the Democrats (and their sycophants) on a broad front against Trent Lott is not limited to only the NOW gang. There is a widespread campaign against all things Republican, and George W. Bush in particular, but the perpetrators of this assault cannot muster the courage or the substantiated factual evidence to confront the President directly. Trent Lott is the designated alternative target, and as such, he draws an inordinate amount of attention. This has not very much to do with Trent Lott, it has a lot more of how to disrupt the orderly processes of government.