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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