Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is all smiles as he talks with affirmative voting colleagues in the Senate and House members after winning the vote in the Senate on banning the partial birth abortion on Tuesday October 21, 2003.
Ross D. Franklin (THE WASHIN
The Senate yesterday passed a bill banning partial-birth abortion and sent it to President Bush, who pledged last night to sign the legislation after two vetoes of similar bans by President Clinton.
"We have a president who has said he is willing to sign this legislation," said Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican and the bill's sponsor. "So this is a very, very important day for our country and for those babies who would be the object of this brutal procedure."
Pro-choice groups plan to challenge the ban in court once the bill is signed.
The Senate cleared the final version of the bill yesterday by a 64-34 vote, with 17 Democrats voting for it and three Republicans voting against it.
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Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
