
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 3, 1991                   TAG: 9104030339
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: BISMARCK, N.D.                                LENGTH: Short

N.D. HOUSE SUSTAINS ABORTION BILL VETO

North Dakota's House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override the governor's veto of what would have been the nation's strictest state abortion law.

The House voted 63-43 to override the veto, eight short of the 71 needed.

Gov. George Sinner, a father of 10 and a Roman Catholic who once considered the priesthood, vetoed the bill Monday less than two hours after he received a formal copy of it. His veto message said government "must not play God."

The bill would have banned abortions except in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life was in danger. A woman would have to report the rape to police within 21 days, or within 15 days after she became capable of making a report. - Associated Press

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