BTW for years Concerned “Women” of america was headed by Phyllis Schlafly’s gay son.
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/12/08/385097/conservative-womens-group-applauds-senate-decision-to-deny-military-rape-victims-abortion-coverage/
By Marie Diamond
Dec 8, 2011
The Senate decided last week to keep in place a policy that denies abortion coverage for military rape victims who became pregnant as a result of their sexual assault. Female service members who fight and die for their country are not extended the same rights as civilian government employees, who can use their government-funded insurance to pay for abortion if they’re victims of rape or incest, or even rape survivors in prisonwho receive government-funded abortion coverage.
Rape is rampant in the military, with nearly one in three women sexually assaulted while serving. Yet the Senate declined to vote on Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) amendment that would restore abortion coverage and give military rape victims the same options as civilians and prisoners.
Anti-abortion activists are cheering the decision, and the conservative group Concerned Women for America had some particularly infuriating things to say about the Senate’s inaction:
Concerned Women for America (CWA) revealed exactly how little concern they have for actual women, much less for America, this week when they sent out a letter attacking women who defend our country for having the nerve to believe they deserve full medical care after being raped.
The mind-bogglingly vicious swipe at female soldiers had a couple of doozies, including the claim that allowing raped service members to access abortion “serves as a political distraction” from national security, as if it’s in the interest of national security to subject raped service members to forced childbirth. […]
Continue reading at: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/12/08/385097/conservative-womens-group-applauds-senate-decision-to-deny-military-rape-victims-abortion-coverage/
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