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Monday May 15, 2006
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Ban Upheld on Abortions in U.S. Military Hospitals
By Gudrun Schultz
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The House voted strongly last week against an amendment that would allow U.S. military hospitals to perform abortions.
This is the tenth year in a row the measure has been brought forward, since Congress banned abortions at federally funded facilities, including military hospitals, in 1996. The measure was defeated despite a stipulation that military members would have to use private funds to pay for abortions, reported the United Press International.
Concerned Women for America supported the decision in a press release Friday, saying:
“The Davis/Sanchez/Harman Amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization…is legislation that exploits women in the military.”
CWA’s director of government relations, Lanier Swann, said, “Pro-abortion advocates have been trying to sneak this bill in for almost a decade, but each year, the House strikes it down. Congress knows that our military hospitals are not there to end lives but to save them.”
“CWA’s Washington staff and our grassroots chapters have worked tirelessly to prevent passage of this bad legislation. Our voice has been heard, and thousands of unborn babies’ lives have been saved.”
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