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Show JUNE 5, THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE 2003 S House Approves Ban on All Partial-Birt- h Abortions in U.S Hey Batter: WASHINGTON The House voted Wednesday to ban a procedure that abortion foes call "partial birth" abortion, moving the restriction a crucial step closer to President Bush's signature. 9 With the vote, Congress was on the verge of ending a practice that Rep. Steve Chabot said was "truly a national tragedy." Abortion rights groups said they would challenge it in court as soon as it becomes law, thrusting the issue of the ban's constitutionality toward a divided Supreme Court. The ban would be one of the most significant restrictions on abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision recognizing abortion rights. Ken Connor, president of the Family Research Council, said passage was indicative of "a tide that is running against Roe v. Wade, which will eventually be dismantled." President Bush hailed passage of the legislation he said "will help build a culture of life in America. I urge Congress to quickly resolve any differences and send me the final bill as soon as possible so that I can sign 282-13- 1 i anti-aborti- on he could sign. administration The strongly believes the bill "is both morally imperative and constitutionally permissible," the White House said in a statement. The Senate passed a nearly identical bill in March, but differences with the House must still be ironed out before the legislation is sent to the president. Likely to be deleted: language added by the Senate in support of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Abortion opponents have pushed the bill since Republicans captured the House in 1995, saying they want to stop a particularly abhorrent means of ending a pregnancy. "Partial birth abortion is a gruesome and inhumane procedure and it is a grave attack against human dignity and justice. This practice must be banned," said Rep. Ileana at the opening of the debate. Under the bill, partial birth abor non-bindi- Ros-Lehtine- n, Scctt Aucult, of the United Stated Geological Survey team, crushes the ball while at bat during an intramural softball game Tuesday night. R-Fl- Hi-.- . it into law." Bush unlike former President Clinton, who twice vetoed partial birth abortion bans had urged Congress in his State of the Union address in January to give him a bill ng 1 Iff i'i'i" tion is defined as a procedure in which the fetus is killed after the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother or, in the case of breech presentation, "any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother." The legislation characterizes the procedure, which typically involves puncturing the fetal skull to bring about death, as "the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus." Physicians who knowingly perform the procedure would be subject to up to two years in prison. Opponents of the bill cited a 2000 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a similar Nebraska law as unconstitutional, and said women would still have access to late-terabortions using other procedures. "Passing an unconstitutional bill will not save one life," said Rep. Chet m Edwards, The Associated Press Play all day for $45 OIF n f'v Mil! ris r't,7 2 D eaths Wednesday No SA BEIJING For the first time since March 28, no deaths from the virus were reported anywhere in the world Wednesday. World health authorities said the highly contagious virus was clearly in decline, with outbreaks at all the initial hot zones in eastern Asia and Toronto either contained or coming SARS under control. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted a SARS travel advisory for Hong Kong. Territory Chief Executive Tung on Thursday said that proved Hong Kong was recovering from the disease that has killed 283 Chee-hw- a people there. Taiwan reported no new SARS cases Thursday for the first time since a mass.outbreak of the often-deadl- y illness erupted in late April. China, the hardest-hi- t nation, had its first day without reporting no new cases or deaths since April. The Associated Press A mm Jotinoy Mifer Signature Design 'Mr-- 2400 So. Bingerter Highway DC MLTJ11Y WMM miftTnTTifcnTi NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14 Doctors at the University of Utah need healthy women for a University approved study testing an investigational vaccine to see if the vaccine helps prevent women from getting genital herpes disease. Volunteers must be women between the ages of 18 and 30 who have never been diagnosed with genital herpes or cold sores Asteroids! Amazing am pm Saturday May 31, Activities 11 (oral herpes). - 3 compensation for study participation. Help solve the mystery of why the dinosaurs are history! Learn about comets and asteroids. Decide for yourself if they made the dinosaurs extinct! i UTAH MUSEUM OF 41 The City Library www.umnh.utah.edu Natural History University of Utah 1390 E. Presidents Circle Study participants will receive ;ji " |