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House Roll Call 62, 105th Congress · March 20, 1997

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act — H.R.1122 BY SOLOMON (R-NY) -- PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE SUSTAINED THE CANADY POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE HOYER MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH, WITH AMENDMENTS PROHIBITING AN ABORTION AFTER THE FETUS HAS BECOME VIABLE EXCEPT WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF THE WOMAN OR AVERT ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.)

Question before the chamber: table appeal of the ruling of the Chair

265 yea · 165 nayPassed2 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 158 nay
Republican221 yea · 6 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1122 ↗

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997

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 & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote appealing a ruling of the chair.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote appealing a ruling of the chair.

    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 (265)

Nay (165)

Not voting or present (2)

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