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PRO-ABORTION REPUBLICANS COVER THEIR TRACKS The Senate passed a bill that will outlaw partial birth abortion. However, pro-abortion Republicans joined Democrats in adding an amendment that may kill the legislation. Included in the Senate bill is a resolution saying that says Roe v Wade "was appropriate and secures an important constitutional right." It also says that the infamous decision should not be overturned. Without this amendment, the bill could be taken by the House and passed in very short order. However, the House is never going to pass this with this ridiculous resolution in it. They will therefore write their...

I notice the Ban on Partial Birth Abortion (S.3) passed with 64 affirmative votes, including 16 Democratic Senators. Only 48 Republican Senators voted for the bill. Who were the RINOs who voted against the bill? Edwards (D-NC) and Kerry (D-MA) failed to vote at all. Now here are two specimens of real men!

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Passed in US Senate – US House urged to act quickly and send pro-life bill to President Bush for signature WASHINGTON - March 13, 2003 -- The U.S. Senate today passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, a bill to ban the grisly partial-birth abortion procedure nationwide. This pro-life bill passed by a wide margin of 63 to 33, and now goes to the U.S. House of Representatives, where it enjoys strong support. President George W. Bush supports a partial-birth abortion ban, and has pledged that “when Congress sends me a bill against partial-birth abortion, I will sign...

March 14, 2003 Lopsided Vote in Senate to Ban Type of AbortionBy CARL HULSE ASHINGTON, March 13 — Opponents of abortion today won their first major victory since Republicans took control of Congress when senators voted overwhelmingly to outlaw a procedure that has been at the center of the abortion debate for the past eight years. With significant Democratic backing, the Senate voted 64 to 33 to approve a Republican-sponsored measure that would prohibit doctors from performing the procedure that opponents have named partial-birth abortion. The House is expected to take up and pass a similar measure as early as...

Edwards Skips Vote on Partial-Birth Abortion Edwards Termed Procedure "Gruesome" and Called for a Ban During Election, But in Office Continues to Oppose a Ban or Duck the Issue (RALEIGH) - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly today to ban partial-birth abortion in a lopsided bipartisan vote of 64-33, a triumph for President Bush and Republicans, but Senator John Edwards (D-NC), despite his previous claims to support a ban on the abhorrent procedure, has voted against it before and skipped today's vote. "Once again, John Edwards proves himself to be out of step with North Carolinians and on the far-left...

Grouped by Home State Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Alaska: Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea California: Boxer (D-CA), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Colorado: Allard (R-CO), Yea Campbell (R-CO), Yea Connecticut: Dodd (D-CT), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Delaware: Biden (D-DE), Not Voting Carper (D-DE), Yea Florida: Graham (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Miller (D-GA), Yea Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Nay Idaho: Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Nay Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Indiana: Bayh (D-IN), Yea...

"The Senate's passage today of the deceptively named 'partial birth abortion ban' should be a call to action for women's rights supporters everywhere," said National Organization for Women (NOW) President Kim Gandy. "Proponents of this legislation know that the bill's provisions are unconstitutional, based on the Supreme Court's decision in Stenberg v. Carhart. Behind the rhetoric, this bill is really an abortion procedures ban. It's a political game and an attempt to send us back to pre-Roe days when countless women died from illegal abortions." "You won't find the term 'partial birth abortion' in any medical dictionary—instead try looking for...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily approved a controversial ban on a procedure critics call "partial birth abortion." The bill must go to the House, where it is expected to pass easily. President Bush has said he will sign it. Congress has passed a ban several times since 1995 but then President Bill Clinton vetoed it, citing its lack of an exception to protect the health of a woman. Critics of the bill say it is unconstitutional because it lacks a health exception and is vaguely worded, meaning it might forbid other abortion methods as well. A...

  U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108th Congress - 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the SenateVote Summary Question: On Passage of the Bill (S. 3 As Amended ) Vote Number: 51 Vote Date: March 13, 2003, 09:45 AM Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Bill Passed Measure Number: S. 3 (Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 ) Measure Title: A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion. Vote Counts: YEAs 64 NAYs 33 Not Voting 3 Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote...