WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A proposal to broaden abortion restrictions under the overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system was voted down Wednesday in the Senate Finance Committee.
The committee, on a 13-10 vote, defeated an amendment offered by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, that stated the current ban on federally funded abortions except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother's health would apply to all aspects of health insurance in the healthcare bill, CNN reported.