A bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with 228 members voting for it and 196 members voting against it.
The bill will now go to the Senate, where it is not expected to pass.
The vote was mostly along party lines, with half a dozen Republicans voting with Democrats against it and another six Democrats voting with Republicans in its favor.
The six GOP crossovers were Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen (N.J.), Richard Hanna (N.Y.), Jon Runyan (N.J.), Rob Woodall (Ga.), Charlie Dent (Pa.) and Paul Broun (Ga.).
Broun, notably, is running for Georgia’s open Senate seat, in which he faces other conservatives in the GOP primary. He removed himself as a co-sponsor of the bill when exceptions were added for rape and incest.
via House passes 20-week abortion ban 228-196 | WashingtonPost.com.
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