Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: FRIDAY, June 15, 1990 TAG: 9006150260 SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-7 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: BATON ROUGE, LA. LENGTH: Short
The bill passed on a 74-27 vote, and moved to the state Senate.
Its proponents said they hope the conservative U.S. Supreme Court eventually will receive the bill and use it to overturn the court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion. The bill permits abortions only to save the life of the woman.
Earlier Thursday, House legislators twice voted against including exceptions to the law that would have allowed abortions in cases of rape.
- Associated Press
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