The Senate failed to override President Clinton’s veto of the so-called partial-birth abortion ban. Several Jewish groups that urged lawmakers not to ban the late-term procedure used to end pregnancy applauded the vote. The House of Representatives passed the legislation by the necessary two-thirds margin needed to override the president’s veto, but the Senate’s override attempt fell three votes short, as it did last year.
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