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House Roll Call 63, 105th Congress · March 20, 1997

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH, WITH AMENDMENTS THAT INCLUDE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION PROHIBITION FOR A LIFE ENDANGERING PHYSICAL CONDITION CAUSED BY THE PREGNANCY OR TO AVERT ADVERSE LONG-TERM PHYSICAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES TO THE MOTHER.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

149 yea · 282 nayFailed2 not voting or present
Democrat132 yea · 70 nay
Republican16 yea · 212 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 & ContraceptionA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.90): Instructions add health and life exceptions to protect abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Instructions add health exceptions, narrowing the criminal prohibition.

    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 (149)

Nay (282)

Not voting or present (2)

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