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HI HR15
Resolution
Status
1/23/2012
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Marumoto
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AI Summary
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Requests that Congress amend 10 U.S.C. § 1093(a) to allow Department of Defense funds to be used for abortions in cases of rape or incest, currently limited only to cases where the mother's life is endangered.
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Calls for lifting the ban on private funding of abortions at military facilities, which currently prohibits such procedures even when paid for with private funds.
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Notes that over 100,000 servicewomen are stationed overseas and lack access to safe abortion services, forcing them to seek procedures from potentially substandard foreign medical providers.
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Identifies that servicewomen face disproportionate risk of sexual assault in the military and should not be denied access to safe, legal abortion services as a result.
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Directs that certified copies be sent to the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, House Speaker, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Women's Health
Last Action
(H) Referred to PBM, referral sheet 9
1/27/2012