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Senate Roll Call 131, 102nd Congress · July 16, 1991

To require entities receiving grants under title X of the Public Health Service Act provide for parental notification in the case of minor patients who request an abortion. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE COATS AMENDMENT NO. 756 (TO AMENDMENT NO. 753), PROVIDING FOR PARENTAL NOTIFICATION IN THE CASE OF MINOR PATIENTS WHO REQUEST AN ABORTION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

52 yea · 47 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat13 yea · 42 nay
Republican39 yea · 3 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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Parental notification for abortion is a regulatory issue, not health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.95): Requiring parental notification restricts access to abortion for minors.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    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 (52)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (1)

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