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Senate Narrowly Endorses Roe v. Wade Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Passes U.S. Senate; Pro-Life Forces in House Work to Defeat "Phony Ban".

National Right to Life News

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WASHINGTON (April 5, 2003) -- The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act has cleared a major hurdle. On March 13, after three days of heated debate, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the bill (S. 3), sponsored by Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), on a lopsided vote of 64-33.

However, two more major obstacles must be overcome before the bill - - which the National Right to Life Committee helped to initiate in 1995 - - can actually end the brutal method of killing a partially born baby.

First, the bill still faces concerted resistance from pro-abortion forces in the House of Representatives. Once that resistance is overcome and the bill is signed by President ...

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