PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION LEGISLATION INTRODUCED INTO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, February 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bipartisan legislation to enact a ban on partial birth abortions was introduced in the House today by Congressman Steve Chabot (R, Cincinnati), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution.  Three times Congress passed legislation to ban the procedure – in the 104th, 105th, and 106th Congresses. While President Clinton vetoed the legislation twice, President Bush has indicated that he would sign a ban into law. Last year, Chabot’s legislation passed the House, but was blocked in the Senate.  In his State of the Union address, President Bush said, “… We must not overlook the weakest among us. I ask you to protect infants at the very hour of their birth and end the practice of partial-birth abortion.”  The legislation is also being supported by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner and House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde.  For further documentation on partial-birth abortion:  https://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/index.html