Dear ProLife Colleague: To keep you informed of the progress of the world-wide abortion agenda, here are 2 reports: This is from a missionary physician in Ghana: Let me tell you about the pro-abortion agenda as it is playing out in Ghana. We have “Comprehensive Abortion Care” that is being heavily funded by Pathfinders International. Planned Parenthood is in there also. School girls here are inserting Misoprostil in their vaginas-they buy it at local chemist shops. Suction curettage apparatus is being distributed to midwives and they are being encouraged to use it for early abortions.The churches in Ghana are remaining silent as huge amounts of money are being poured into pro-abortion efforts. As the Medical Superintendent for a mission hospital, I am aghast at what is happening. David Stevens from CMDA tells me this is following the pattern that was followed in Kenya when he was there. This is from our source on Capitol Hill: Yesterday in a closed committee mark-up, Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) offered an amendment (attached) to strike Section 1093(b) of Title 10 of the US Code. The amendment, which passed by a vote of 15-12, will break with current longstanding policy and permit the performance of abortions in both domestic and overseas military facilities A similar amendment to allow abortions in overseas military facilities was most recently offered in the House in 2006 when it failed by a vote of 191-237. The Burris amendment is more expansive than the 2006 amendment because it allows abortion on both domestic and overseas military bases. If this stands, our military installations’ medical facilities will be able to be used for abortions, performed late term, abortions performed for purposes of sex selection, abortions performed for any reason. Abortion-at-will will be the requirement for our military installations and the medical facilities on those installations.” Current law prohibits the performance of abortion by Department of Defense medical personnel or in Department of Defense medical facilities except when the life of the mother is at risk or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. U.S. Code Title 10 USC Sec 1093 (In law since 1996) (a) Restriction on Use of Funds – funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. (b) Restriction on Use of Facilities – No medical treatment facility or other facility of the Department of Defense may be used to perform an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. The Burris amendment will effectively turn our military medical facilities into abortion clinics and force American taxpayers to underwrite the use of military facilities, the procurement of additional equipment, and the use of needed military personnel to perform abortions. In addition, when President Clinton allowed abortions in military facilities from 1993 to 1996, all military physicians (as well as many nurses and supporting personnel) refused to perform or assist in elective abortions and in response, the administration sought to hire civilians to do abortions. If the Burris amendment were enacted, not only could taxpayer funded facilities be used to support abortion on demand, but resources could also be used to search for, hire, and transport new personnel simply so that abortions could be performed. AAPLOG will keep you up to date on this impending legislative travesty. Jdc/aapog
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