House Rejects Ban On Sex-Selection Abortion

House Republicans lost an attempt to pass legislation making it a federal crime to carry out gender-based abortions.

In a campaign year when Democrats are accusing Republicans of waging a war against women, Republicans sought to portray the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act as a women's rights issue.

But the legislation required a two-thirds majority for passage, because of procedural rules, and had no future in the Democratic Senate.

The bill would have would make it a federal offense to perform or coerce a woman into a sex-selection abortion.

Opponents said it...