S 1214
112th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Abortion
Defense spending
Health facilities and institutions
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Sex offenses
Women's health
MARCH for Military Women Act
Introduced: June 16, 2011
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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To President
Became law
Jun 16, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 16, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Women Act or the MARCH for Military Women Act - Amends the prohibition on using funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) to perform abortions by adding an exception for cases where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. (Current law provides an exception only where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.)
Repeals a statutory restriction on using a medical treatment facility or other DOD facility to perform an abortion.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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