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by News Department on 04/07/16Abortion Bill...
A bill to place new restrictions on abortion in Pennsylvania is poised for final vote in the state House next week after members on Wednesday voted down a Democrat-led effort to postpone the proposal for two months.
The House voted 114-73 to defeat an effort to delay consideration of the bill that would prohibit elective abortions after 20 weeks and would also criminalize procedures that cause the deaths of fetuses by removing their body parts.
Pennsylvania law currently limits elective abortions to the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood said the bill would create the nation's most restrictive abortion law.
The proposal has wide support within the Republican caucus and from a small slice of the Democratic membership. Ten Republicans joined most Democrats in trying to delay the bill until June 15, while 11 Democrats voted with the Republican majority.
If the bill passes the House it will go to the Senate for consideration.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto it.
