Posted on 06/01/2002 3:48:59 AM PDT by mdittmar
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. military to pay for the abortion of a fetus that was developing without a brain.
U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Gertner ruled Thursday that the government could not refuse to pay for the abortion on moral grounds. But the decision applies only to fetuses with anencephaly, a condition in which the baby has no brain and survives for only a few days.
The case involved Maureen M. Britell, whose husband was in the military when she had an abortion at New England Medical Center in 1994.
"I'm happy. I'm just hoping that it will stick," said Britell, a former Massachusetts resident who now heads Voters for Choice in Washington, D.C.
Britell was covered by the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Service, known as CHAMPUS. A 1970s law bans federal funding of most abortions, and CHAMPUS does not pay for abortions unless the mother's life is in danger.
Life begins at conception. Biology says so unequivacally. No one can get around this fact unless they insert their own theological beliefs which are based on either ignorance, selfishness, sex without consequence, or some other warped world view.
The majority of abortions occur because people use abortion as a form of birth control for their disgusting immature and irresponsible behavior. Instead of living up to responsibility, abortion allows you to shirk your moral duty by violently killing an innocent and defenseless human baby..not a flower...not a cockatial...a human baby.
Stop defending the indefensible.
I agree. Say, I may not be on FR for a while, but stay well.
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