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Senate Roll Call 128, 102nd Congress · July 16, 1991

Providing for the referral of individuals who are pregnant for appropriate prenatal medical care, including referrals to prenatal health care providers who perform abortions, but prohibiting referrals to such providers whose principal business is the provision of abortions. — S.323 BY CHAFEE (R-RI) -- FAMILY PLANNING AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1992 (VETOED, 9/25/92) (SENATE REJECTED THE DURENBERGER AMENDMENT NO. 754 (TO AMENDMENT NO. 753), PROVIDING FOR THE REFERRAL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PREGNANT FOR APPROPRIATE PRENATAL MEDICAL CARE, INCLUDING REFERRALS TO PRENATAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO PERFORM ABORTIONS, BUT PROHIBITING REFERRALS TO SUCH PROVIDERS WHOSE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS IS THE PROVISION OF ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

35 yea · 64 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 47 nay
Republican27 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 323 ↗

Title X Pregnancy Counseling Act of 1991

Policy area: Health — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.80): Restricting health care referral options for pregnant women narrows healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.85): Prohibiting referrals to clinics primarily offering abortions restricts reproductive health access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions,family planning

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (35)

Nay (64)

Not voting or present (1)

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