House Fails to Pass "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act" to Ban Sex-Selective Abortions

The Christian Science Monitor: House rejects ban on sex-selection abortion, but GOP makes its point (+video), by David Grant:

For a day, at least, the roles in the "war on women" were reversed.

Republicans, for once, backed Democrats into a politically tenuous corner over a hot-button social issue – abortion – while Democrats cried foul, arguing that legislation before the US House was more political ploy than policy change.

The House rejected a measure Thursday that would explicitly ban abortions undertaken on the basis of the fetus's gender, by a vote of 168 against to 246 in favor. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R) ofArizona, did not carry because it was subject to a legislative rule that required approval of 60 percent of House members to pass. . . .