House rejects sex-selection abortion ban
Also the Vote:
For: 246
Against: 168
Just 30 short of the 2/3 majority needed to pass.
The legislation would have made it a federal offense, subject to up to five years in prison, to perform, solicit funds for or coerce a woman into having a sex-selection abortion. Bringing a woman into the country to obtain such an abortion would also be punishable by up to five years in prison. While doctors would not have an affirmative responsibility to ask a woman her motivations for an abortion, health workers could be imprisoned for up to a year for not reporting known or suspected violations of the ban on sex-based abortions.
An earlier version of the bill also made it illegal to abort a fetus based on race.
Also the Vote:
For: 246
Against: 168
Just 30 short of the 2/3 majority needed to pass.