Key Votes
S Amdt 3252 - Military Abortions Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Mary Landrieu voted Nay (Tabling Vote) on this legislation.
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Family
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Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Tabled (Senate) (50-49) - June 20, 2000 (Key vote)
Title: Military Abortions Amendment
Vote to table an amendment that would repeal a provision that forbids service women and dependents from getting an abortion in overseas military hospitals.
- Repeals a provision from the 1996 defense bill that forbids U.S. military women from using their own funds to obtain legal abortion services in overseas military hospitals.
NOTE: A SENATOR MAY MOVE TO TABLE ANY PENDING LEGISLATION, THUS HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION. A "YEA" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF HALTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION, AND A "NAY" VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION. TABLING MOTIONS ARE OFTEN USED TO KILL LEGISLATION.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - June 20, 2000
Title: Military Abortions Amendment
Vote to table [kill] an amendment that would repeal a provision that forbids service women and dependents from getting an abortion in overseas military hospitals.
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
