Senate Roll Call 71, 105th Congress · May 20, 1997

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1122, TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, TO BAN PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

64 yea · 36 nayBill Passed

Democrat14 yea · 31 nay

Republican50 yea · 3 nay

Independent0 yea · 2 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 “Restrict access”
model(0.95): Passing a ban on partial-birth abortions restricts access to abortion.
Tagged by: keyword:abortions
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.85): Creating new federal criminal offenses for medical procedures increases criminal penalties.
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 (64)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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