GOP Retracts Report Dems Call Slanderous

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GOP Retracts Report Dems Call Slanderous
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, May 5, 2005


(05-05) 13:14 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --


After a week of Democratic protests, Republicans agreed on Thursday to change a report that had said the Democrats' amendments to an abortion bill could assist sexual predators.


Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said in a floor speech that the changes made to the House Judiciary Committee report were "a tacit acknowledgment of the inaccuracy and untruthfulness of the original report."


He commended the committee chairman, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., for the change and said he hoped that, "with this correction of the slanderous report language, this unfortunate chapter can be brought to a close."


The dispute involved a bill, passed by the House last week, that would criminalize the transporting of a minor across state lines to get an abortion.

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