The Senate voted 53-41 to give foreign-aid money to groups that promote or perform abortions overseas. Six Republicans helped to make the majority: Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens from Alaska, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins from Maine, Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania, and Gordon Smith from Oregon. Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted with the minority.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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