Key Votes
S 1692 - Ban on Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Edward Kennedy, Sr. voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Edward Kennedy, Sr. made in this general time period.
Stages
Family
- S 1692 - Ban on Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion
- S Amdt 2321 - Expressing Support for Roe v. Wade Decision
- SCR 692 -
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - May 25, 2000
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (63-34) - Oct. 21, 1999 (Key vote)
Title: Ban on Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any individual from knowingly performing the procedure known as intact dilation and extraction, in which a fetus is partially delivered before it is aborted, unless the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.
- Imposes civil fines or up to two years in prison for those who performed intact dilation and extraction.
- Allows the woman's husband to seek monetary relief from the doctor who performed the procedure, unless he consented to the abortion or the pregnancy resulted from his criminal conduct.
- If the woman is under the age of 18, allows her parents to seek monetary relief from the doctor who performed the procedure, unless they consented to the abortion or the pregnancy resulted from their criminal conduct.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Oct. 5, 1999
Title: Ban on Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion
Sponsors
- Richard J. 'Rick' Santorum (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Edmond Spencer Abraham (MI - ) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne A. Allard (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John D. Ashcroft (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Bunning (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Conrad R. Burns (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thad Cochran (MS - R)
- Paul D. Coverdell (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry E. Craig (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo (ID - R)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pete V. Domenici Jr. (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael B. 'Mike' Enzi (WY - R)
- Peter G. Fitzgerald (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- William H. 'Bill' Frist (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Slade Gorton (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William Phillip 'Phil' Gramm (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney 'Rod' Grams (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Orrin G. Hatch (UT - R)
- Jesse Helms (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Y. Tim Hutchinson (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R)
- Jon Kyl (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Connie Mack (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Sidney McCain III (AZ - R)
- Mitch McConnell (KY - R)
- Frank H. Murkowski (AK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Don Nickles (OK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts (KS - R)
- Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III (AL - R)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R)
- Robert Clinton 'Bob' Smith (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gordon Harold Smith (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Craig Thomas (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Strom Thurmond (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- George V. Voinovich (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
