The Hill has this report. Excerpt:

The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), H.R. 3541, was defeated in a 246-168 vote. While that’s a clear majority of the House, Republicans called up the bill under a suspension of House rules, which limits debate and requires a two-thirds majority vote to pass. In this case, it would have required more support from Democrats.

Statement from Hirono:

The War on Women by this Congress continues unabated. This misnamed Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act is yet another cynical attempt to restrict access to women’s health care. The practice of sex-selective abortion is a serious problem in countries that do not strongly value girls. However, rather than seeking to combat the real reasons for gender discrimination, this bill would encourage racial profiling in the doctor’s office. Doctors could refuse to provide healthcare for immigrant or Asian-American women who doctors suspect may include sex-selection as one of many factors in choosing to seek an abortion. Medical staff would be required to violate doctor-patient confidentiality and report private conversations to law enforcement, even comments like “I hope it’s a boy.”

We’ve seen an assault on preventive healthcare for women and we continue to see attack after attack on a woman’s right to choose, which is why I opposed this misguided bill.

—Chad Blair