Defense Dept. committee backs abortion bill [View all]

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Source: USA Today

A legislative proposal to have the Defense Department cover the cost of abortions for military women and Tricare insurance beneficiaries in cases of rape and incest has drawn unanimous support from the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.

Members of the advisory committee voted during a Tuesday meeting in Arlington, Va., to recommend that the Pentagon "affirmatively, strongly and immediately press for passage of legislation … to provide (Department of Defense) funding" for abortions of pregnancies resulting from sexual assaults.


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