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  Friday  March 14  2003    12: 50 AM

abortion

Senate passes abortion bill

As expected, the Senate passed the ban of so-called Late-Term Abortions, sans an exception for the health of the mother, by a 64-33 vote.

Now if this quote from Bush doesn't scare everyone who cares about Choice, then nothing ever will:

"Partial-birth abortion is an abhorrent procedure that offends human dignity, and I commend the Senate for passing legislation to ban it," Bush said in a prepared statement. "Today's action is an important step toward building a culture of life in America."

Note Bush's choice of words: "an important step". All those who decry "slippery slope" arguments, that the ban on this rare procedure doesn't mean Bush and GOP will ban all abortions, need only read those words once again:

Today's action is an important step toward building a culture of life in America.

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