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   Mr. SANTORUM proposed an amendment to the motion to recommit proposed by him to the bill, S. 1692, supra; as follows:

   At the end of the instructions insert the following:

   SEC. . SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING ROE V. WADE AND PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BANS.

   FINDINGS.--Congress finds that--

   (1) Abortion has been a legal and constitutionally protected medical procedure throughout the United States since the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973));

   (2) No partial birth abortion ban shall apply to a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.

   SENSE OF CONGRESS.--It is the sense of the Congress that partial birth abortions are horrific and gruesome procedures that should be banned.

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