US Military Makes Policy Providing Abortions for Service Members Permanent
The policy, which has been in place since 2022, was made final in a rule posted in the federal register on Monday.
The policy, which has been in place since 2022, was made final in a rule posted in the federal register on Monday.
Ruling does not immediately change abortion policy. Rather, the state Supreme Court ruling is sending the case back to the Commonwealth Court for further review.
The decision to drop the pro-life amendment from the NDAA comes as a blow to pro-life efforts to stop the military’s use of tax dollars to facilitate abortion.
The amendments for the defense spending bill add new language that mirrors the Hyde Amendment.
On July 1, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said he plans to sue, saying the city’s plan amounts to a use of taxpayer funds for abortions, which is prohibited under state law.
A recent study out of the University of Pittsburgh has highlighted the ongoing questions regarding the harvesting of fetal tissues for medical research.
EWTN reporter’s question followed a report citing legal minds who say the president could use executive powers to protect abortion.
‘Abortion is not health care unless one construes the precious life of an unborn child to be analogous to a tumor to be excised or a disease to be vanquished — pregnancy is not a disease,’ said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.
Mexico City Policy and Hyde and Weldon Amendments are targeted for exclusion.
Wednesday’s vote was seen as a marker, setting members on the record for or against federal funding of abortions in the 2022 fiscal year budget.
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