Article: BOTH SIDES OF ABORTION DEBATE HAVE ISSUE WITH BAN.(City Desk/Local)

Byline: Bill Scanlon

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

Tuesday's vote to ban what critics call partial birth abortions satisfied neither side in the larger abortion debate.

Local abortion-rights forces called the vote a politically motivated blow to women's rights and health.

Anti-abortion forces said it's too narrow and leaves the door wide open for aborting fetuses in other ways.

``Of course, any legislation that helps protect a baby as well as the mother from abortion is a good thing,'' said Jim Anderson, board member of Colorado Right to Life. ``But this legislation does not outlaw many other types of procedures that can simply be used ...

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