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Nancy L. Johnson: “First of all, under no circumstances can American dollars be used to fund abortions abroad, period. No matter what…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2000
First of all, under no circumstances can American dollars be used to fund abortions abroad, period. No matter what anyone implies on this floor, that is the law of the United States of America and it cannot happen. However, I am stunned that representatives in this democracy would stand up on the floor and advocate that our policy be to force citizens of another country to break their own laws. That is simply unheard of and unconscionable. If in another country abortion is legal and referral to people who can do abortions is legal, then we should not force native citizens of that country not to be allowed to say to a woman who comes in where they can go to get an abortion if it is a legal medical procedure in their country and they have a right to it. Why would we in a free society want to force, as a consequence of American aid, citizens in other countries to abrogate their own laws? Have we no respect?
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Nancy L. Johnson
Connecticut
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Addressing the use of American funds in relation to abortion laws in foreign countries.

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