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Senate Roll Call 593, 104th Congress · December 7, 1995

To clarify the application of certain provisions with respect to abortions where necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman. — (SENATE REJECTED BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 3083 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3082, TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO ABORTIONS WHERE NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OR HEALTH OF THE WOMAN.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

47 yea · 51 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 7 nay
Republican7 yea · 44 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1833 ↗

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Adding health exceptions to an abortion ban protects access to procedures.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Adding health exceptions to a criminal abortion ban narrows criminal liability.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (47)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (1)

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