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Senate Roll Call 380, 93rd Congress · September 11, 1973

TO AMEND SEN. BUCKLEY'S AMENDMENT TO H.R. 7724, PROVIDING FOR A BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM AND ASSURING MAXIMUM PROTECTION TO HUMAN SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN SUCH RESEARCH. THE BUCKLEY AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT RESEARCH CANNOT BE CONDUCTED OR SUPPORTED UNDER THIS BILL ON A LIVING HUMAN FETUS OR INFANT WHICH HAS BEEN DELIVERED BY AN INDUCED ABORTION. THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT THERETO BARS THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION IN THE FIELD OF ABORTION BEFORE CERTIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND NATIONAL COMMISSION DEVELOPS POLICIES FOR SUCH RESEARCH.

53 yea · 35 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 8 nay
Republican12 yea · 25 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7724

National Research Act

Policy area: Health — 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 (0.85) Biomedical research regulations do not affect health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Abortion & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.75) Amending restrictions on fetal research does not clearly align with standard abortion access.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortion

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (53)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (12)

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