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  • Warner vetoes late abortion ban, amends motto bill

    04/06/2002 11:17:14 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 9 replies · 195+ views
    The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 4/5/02 | CHRISTINA NUCKOLS
    Gov. Mark R. Warner took aim at social conservatives' favorite causes Thursday by vetoing a ban on a controversial abortion procedure and eliminating a requirement that schools display the motto ``In God We Trust.'' The new governor's efforts to squelch those measures set the stage for a showdown with the Republican-controlled General Assembly. Legislators will meet April 17 to vote on Warner's recommendations. Conservative groups were not surprised by Warner's actions. ``The governor made it very clear early on that he was not interested in social legislation of any type,'' said Victoria Cobb, director of legislative affairs for the Family...