Trent Franks bill to ban abortions based on race, gender defeated in House

House defeats Franks bill to ban abortions based on race, gender (access required)

By Jerilyn Forsythe, Cronkite News Service

Published: June 1, 2012 at 7:44 am

A bill to outlaw abortions based on the fetus’ race or gender died Thursday in the House, where it failed to get the two-thirds vote it needed to pass.

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Glendale, was the lead sponsor of the bill that he said was needed to address what he called the rising trend of U.S. abortions based on the sex of the fetus.

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