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NJ Senate Votes On Late Term Abortion

By Newsradio 88 Staff

The state Senate is to vote today on a bill that would ban certain late-term abortions.

The bill would hold doctors who perform so-called partial-birth abortions criminally liable.

Governor Whitman wants provisions allowing the procedure when it is the best choice for preserving the mother's health.

Abortion opponents say the health amendment is a loophole that would nullify the ban.