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Senate Roll Call 652, 104th Congress · March 19, 1996

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination in the training and licensing of health professionals on the basis of the refusal to undergo or provide training in the performance of induced abortions. — (SENATE AGREED TO COATS MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 3513 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3466, TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE TRAINING AND LICENSING OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON THE BASIS OF THE REFUSAL TO UNDERGO OR PROVIDE TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF INDUCED ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

63 yea · 37 nayAmendment Agreed to
Democrat12 yea · 35 nay
Republican50 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3019

Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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 (0.90) Licensing and training conscience provisions do not expand or restrict healthcare coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:public health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.90): Protecting refusal to undergo abortion training restricts access to abortion services.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.85): Prohibiting governmental discrimination against health professionals broadens conscience protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Prohibiting discrimination in medical licensing has no fiscal impact.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (63)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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