Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995

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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995
Charles T. Canady (R-FL) on June 14, 1995
  • Passed the House on November 1, 1995 (288-139)
  • Passed the Senate on December 7, 1995 (98-1) with amendment
  • House agreed to Senate amendment on March 27, 1996 (286-129)
  • Vetoed by President Bill Clinton
    • on April 10, 1996
  • Overridden by the House on September 19, 1996 (285-137)

    • The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was a bill introduced in the

    American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.[1] In November 1995, the House of Representatives passed the bill. Doctors convicted under the bill would receive a fine and up to a two-year prison sentence.[2] The bill was passed by both chambers of Congress, but then vetoed by President Bill Clinton
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    Opponents of the bill argued that D & X procedures only occurred in the case of severe fetal defects or when carrying the birth to term endangered the life of the mother; its advocates argued that the majority for purely elective reasons.[3] These competing arguments both had some basis in truth but came from different classifications of D & X procedures; anti-Ban activists based their numbers solely on post-viability abortions, ignoring that pre-viability abortions account for more than 90 percent of D & X procedures.[3] The use of the term "elective" by pro-Ban activists, on the other hand, completely overlooked the contextual factors such as youth, trauma, and poverty, that push women to choose D & X.[3]

    The House overrode President Clinton's 1996 veto, but the Senate was several votes short of the required 2/3 requirement with a margin of 58 yeas to 40 nays.[4] The Republican-controlled Congress tried to push a similar ban in January 1997 with House Resolution 1122, but again its efforts were defeated by President Clinton's veto.[5] A similar bill was later passed in 2003 as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush.

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    References

    1. ^ "ACOG Files Amicus Brief in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. PPFA". Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
    2. ^ Canady, Charles T. (January 6, 1997). "Text - H.R.1833 - 104th Congress (1995-1996): Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995". www.congress.gov.
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    4. ^ "Microsoft Word - Cover-The congressional debate.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
    5. ^ "H.R.1122 - 105th Congress (1997-1998): Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997". www.congress.gov. September 22, 1998.
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