House defeats bill to ban gender-based abortions

[Kyle Ricky]

The house today defeated a bill that bans gender-based abortions. This bill if passed would have banned aborting a child because you don't like the sex of it. Folks, we just became China. You can legally kill a human life because you don't like the sex of it. I am ashamed, very ashamed.

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A bill that would ban sex-selective abortions failed to muster enough support to pass the House Thursday following a contentious debate.

The final vote was 246-168. Though a majority voted in favor of the bill, this particular proposal required a two-thirds majority to pass -- supporters of the bill fell 30 votes short.

The proposal would have made it a federal crime to carry out an abortion based on the gender of the fetus. The measure takes aim at the aborting of female fetuses, a practice more common to countries such India and China, where there is a strong preference for sons, but which is also thought to take place in the U.S.

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/31/debate-heats-up-over-proposal-to-ban-gender-based-abortions/#ixzz1wTzeReIo

[Kyle Ricky]

Sorry about the double post. I just saw that this was already posted. Can someone please merge them?