NATION : Senate OKs Abortion Counseling
The Senate, seeking to lift a Reagan Administration “gag rule,” passed a measure allowing doctors at federally funded family planning clinics to provide information about abortion.
The Senate, by a 63-35 vote, approved an amendment Tuesday night that was introduced by Sen. John H. Chafee (R-R.I.) designed to provide women a complete range of options for unintended pregnancies.
The legislation would reverse a two-year ban on permitting the discussion of abortion as an option, along with adoption and keeping a child at federally funded clinics.
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