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U.S. House Gives Final Approval to Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, But Some Democratic Senators Delay Final Senate Vote.

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WASHINGTON (Oct. 4, 2003) - - Only a single legislative step - - a final vote in the U.S. Senate - - remains before Congress sends the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (S. 3) to President Bush for his signature.

The bill represents the first direct national restriction on any method of abortion since the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand in 1973.

The House of Representatives gave final approval to the bill on October 2 by an overwhelming vote of 281-142.

"It has been almost a decade since the gruesome practice of partial-birth abortion escaped the shadowy corners of abortion clinics and was disclosed to the public," said Congressman ...

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