S.C.R. No. 7 Summary

• Requests United States Congress to amend 10 U.S.C. § 1093(a) to allow Department of Defense funds to be used for abortions in cases of rape or incest, not just when the mother's life is endangered

• Requests Congress to lift the ban on private funding of abortions at military bases, which currently prohibits privately funded abortion procedures at military medical facilities

• Asserts that approximately 365,000 women serve in the U.S. Armed Forces with over 100,000 stationed overseas, and that servicewomen deserve the same access to reproductive health care as civilian women

• Argues that the current ban forces servicewomen to seek unsafe abortions from foreign physicians in countries that may lack adequate medical standards, particularly affecting those stationed in locations like Afghanistan

• Directs transmission of the resolution to the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, House Speaker, and Hawaii's congressional delegation