House lawmakers have defeated a bill that would have banned abortions based on the sex of the fetus. While most legislators voted in favor of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, or PRENDA, it fell 30 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. The bill would have imposed possible fines and prison sentences of up to five years on doctors who knowingly performed abortions based on sex, as well as requiring healthcare providers to report suspected violations. Republican supporters had attempted to cast the ban as pro-woman, but critics said it was a bid to further curtail access to safe abortion.