Reply #9: Armed forces medical plan limits abortions (baby had fatal birth defect) [View All]

[rainbow4321]

So instead they want the parents to go thru with the entire pregnancy knowing the baby will be dead at/soon after birth? Guess mental anguish and emotional suffering are part of the repuke culture of life...someone aslso needs to show the asswipes a neonatal intensive care bill---depending on what measures they would take a NICU bill could be quadruple the $3,000 abortion bill--a single DAY in the NICU for the sickest of the sick runs around $10,000...then there is the infant suffering thru all the procedures, etc...



http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NAVY_ABORTION_FIGHT?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-08-18-17-51-50

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that U.S. armed forces medical benefits should cover abortion costs only when a mother's life is at risk, a decision that the judges acknowledged was "callous and unfeeling."

The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came in the case of a Navy sailor's wife whose fetus had a fatal birth defect. She had an abortion five months into her pregnancy, but coverage for the procedure was denied.

She filed a lawsuit claiming an armed forces health plan owed her $3,000 for the procedure. The government argued that refusing to cover such services "furthers the government's interest in protecting human life in general and promoting respect for life."

In Thursday's 3-0 ruling, judges said they were not judging the "wisdom, fairness or logic" of congressional legislation that limited abortions under military medical plans.