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Senate fails to override veto of abortion banSenate Republicans fall short; Clinton veto stands
September 18, 1998Web posted at: 11:01 a.m. EDT (1101 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican-led Senate failed Friday to override President Clinton's veto of a measure banning a type of late-term abortion. The 64-36 vote in favor of an override left opponents three votes short of the two-thirds majority needed. The Republican-majority House voted 296-132 in July to overturn the veto but the Senate's inability to do the same means Clinton's veto stands. In May 1997, senators passed the bill by the same 64-36 margin as Friday's vote. Had it become law, it would have banned a medical procedure -- described by its critics as a "partial birth abortion" -- except when needed to save the pregnant woman's life. The procedure involves the partial, feet-first delivery of a fetus and the draining of its skull contents. Abortion rights advocates, including Clinton, say the bill is unconstitutional because it makes no exceptions for when a woman's health is jeopardized by continuing a pregnancy -- a provision that they say is required by the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Republicans have been trying to enact the ban since taking control of Congress in 1995. FULL DETAILS SOON |
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