1、Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary, W. B. Saunders Co. (Philadelphia, etc.), 1994,1p. 4.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web95-1101 SPRUpdated November 17, 1997Abortion ProceduresIrene E. Stith-ColemanSpecialist in Life Scienc
2、esScience Policy Research DivisionSummaryThe Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, H.R. 1122 was vetoed by PresidentClinton on October 10, 1997. This legislation would have made it a federal crime,punishable by fine and/or incarceration, for a physician to perform a partial birthabortion unless it
3、 was necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered bya physical disorder, illness, or injury. The bill permitted a defendant to seek a hearingbefore the State Medical Board on whether the physicians conduct was necessary tosave the life of the mother. H.R.1122 defined a partial bir
4、th abortion as “an abortion inwhich the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetusbefore killing the fetus and completing the delivery.” In his veto message to Congress,the President indicated that he vetoed H.R. 1122 for “exactly the same reasons” hevetoed similar le
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