Democrats Propose Lifting Abortion Ban At U.S. Bases Abroad

Democrats Seek To Lift Ban On Abortions At U.S. Military Hospitals Abroad -- FOX News

Democrats are looking to repeal a longtime ban of abortions performed at U.S. military hospitals overseas.

Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., introduced the repeal as an amendment to the defense authorization bill, which passed the Senate Armed Services Committee on a 15-12 vote.

The amendment still has a long way to go. It threatens policy put in place by congressional Republicans during the Clinton administration that restricted abortions at military hospitals to only cases of rape, incest or if the woman's life is threatened.

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