Senate fails to overturn veto of abortion ban. (partial-birth or late-term abortion)(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: October 7, 1998 | Copyright information

The Senate, voting 64-36, failed again September 18 to overturn President Clinton's veto of a ban on the controversial late-term abortion procedure known by its opponents as "partial-birth abortion." Sixty-seven votes were needed to gain the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto. Thirteen Democrats and 51 Republicans voted to override and four Republicans and 32 Democrats voted to sustain Clinton's veto.

The controversial procedure involves partially extracti...

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