Dirk Kempthorne said "I make it very clear at the outset what this issue in this particular amendment is not about. It is not about whether you are pro-life or pro-choice. This amendment is about where those abortions may be performed and whether they are paid for at Federal Government expense. This amendment would repeal the prohibition on using Department of Defense facilities for abortions and allow prepaid abortions to be performed in these taxpayer-funded facilities and by Federal medical personnel at these facilities." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 10, 1997

I make it very clear at the outset what this issue in this particular amendment is not about. It is not about whether you are pro-life or pro-choice. This amendment is about where those abortions may be performed and whether they are paid for at Federal Government expense. This amendment would repeal the prohibition on using Department of Defense facilities for abortions and allow prepaid abortions to be performed in these taxpayer-funded facilities and by Federal medical personnel at these facilities.

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Dirk Kempthorne

Idaho

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment related to abortion access for women in the Armed Forces during Senate debate.

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