A couple days ago Senator Frist tried to free the Child Custody Protection Act by filing for cloture. This bill would have made it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to get an abortion without her parents consent.

Neither the pro-life side or the pro-choice side were expecting Frist to file for cloture. However, the National Right to Life Committee and the Susan B. Anthony List sprung into action. The bill had passed the Senate by a large margin earlier this year, so we were hopeful we could get the sixty votes.Jill Stanek of Prolife Blogs was actually in D.C, and able to report on the bill.

However, it seems though all our efforts were in vain. Last night Santorum Blog reported that the cloture vote had failed. The yeas and nays are here. I’ve posted the senators who voted against cloture below the fold.

NAYs —42
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)