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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu May 31, 2012, 03:07 PM May 2012

House Rejects Sex-Selection Abortion Ban [View all]

Source: Associated Press

(05-31) 11:33 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

House Republicans lost an attempt to pass legislation making it a federal crime to carry out gender-based abortions.

In a campaign year when Democrats are accusing Republicans of waging a war against women, Republicans sought to portray the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act as a women's rights issue.

But the legislation required a two-thirds majority for passage, because of procedural rules, and had no future in the Democratic Senate.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/30/national/w223051D82.DTL

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House Rejects Sex-Selection Abortion Ban [View all] Purveyor May 2012 OP

Good. Stupid anti-choice, women-hating, bullshit. PeaceNikki May 2012 #1

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! nt onehandle May 2012 #2

part of the "Luntz package" Enrique May 2012 #3

Love Rep. Hoyer's definition of the agenda! sinkingfeeling May 2012 #6

If Republicans could PROVE Homosexuality had a specfic genetic marker MicaelS May 2012 #4

... or better yet ... Myrina May 2012 #7

Okay, you naughty thing! I've argued this to stop abortions and gotten... freshwest May 2012 #8

It might happen some day. Science continually advances. If a genetic connection razorman May 2012 #11

Where are the effing jobs Iliyah May 2012 #5

But if the bill didn't pass malthaussen May 2012 #9

the legislation required a two-thirds majority for passage, because of procedural rules Thor_MN Jun 2012 #15

For some reason . . . gratuitous Jun 2012 #16

Whew. That means that Planned Parenthood sting didn't work rocktivity May 2012 #10

And did this proposed bill mention how it would be enforced? rebecca_herman May 2012 #12

Truth serum, waterboarding ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2012 #13

“Ve haf vays of making you talk!" nt cstanleytech Jun 2012 #14