Pray that Congress will not pass a bill allowing abortions to be performed at military hospitals.
Buried inside the 854-page 2011 National Defense Authorization Act is the very short section 713, which strikes a subsection of the U.S. Code. Section 713 is titled “Restoration of Previous Policy Regarding Restrictions on Use of Department of Defense Medical Facilities,” making it eminently unclear what the section actually does.
The section of the U.S. Code that is stricken by Section 713 reads: “No medical treatment facility or other facility of the Department of Defense may be used to perform an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.”
Section 713, which was inserted into the bill in committee by Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL), effectively makes it legal to perform abortions on U.S. military bases. LifeNews.com reports that Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) has introduced an amendment to remove Section 713, but the amendment is not thought likely to pass. Pro-life groups are urging lawmakers to vote against the bill in its current state.
Tags: abortion, Department of Defense, Roger Wicker, Roland Burris
I urge Congress to vote against abortions being performed on military bases unless there is threat to the mother’s life, wherein it would then be her decision.
I definitely urge congree to vote against the inclusion of the abortion funding aspect of the Defense Bill. and I am sorry for the sublety of the ways in which abortion finds its way into so many bills in spite of the President’s said respect for life and the tax payers’ money NOT being used for abortion.