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    Vol.60/No.35           October 7, 1996 
 
 
House Votes To Uphold Bar On Abortion Procedure  

BY NAOMI CRAINE

The U.S. House of Representatives voted September 20 to overturn a presidential veto of a bill banning a type of late- term abortions. The veto override passed 285 to 137 - four votes more than the two-thirds majority needed. The big- business press is predicting the Senate will uphold the veto.

The ban on intact dilation and extraction, an infrequent procedure that opponents of abortion rights have dubbed "partial birth abortion," was passed by Congress last spring and vetoed by President William Clinton in April.

Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition hailed the House vote as "the first time since Roe v. Wade [the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion] that Congress is poised to outlaw an abortion procedure."  
 
 
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