MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act

Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Servicemembers Act or the MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act

This bill repeals the restriction on utilizing Department of Defense funds and facilities for performing abortions. The restriction only allows such funds and facilities to be used for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or where the mother's life is endangered.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7945 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7945

 To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the 
 use of funds and facilities of the Department of Defense for abortion 
                                 care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2022

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mrs. Lawrence, 
    Ms. Escobar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. 
     Williams of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
   Strickland, Mr. Crow, Ms. Norton, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. 
Carson, Ms. Ross, Ms. Porter, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
Bowman, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Dean, Ms. Schakowsky, 
 Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Takano, 
Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Welch, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
Illinois, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Chu, 
Mr. Horsford, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
  Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Meng, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Case, Mr. 
Levin of Michigan, Mr. Soto, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Schrier, Mr. 
 Jones, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Casten, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Eshoo, 
  Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
 Blunt Rochester, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
   Cardenas, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Cherfilus-
    McCormick, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
    Stansbury, Ms. Newman, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
  Grijalva, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Kilmer, and Mr. DeFazio) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the 
 use of funds and facilities of the Department of Defense for abortion 
                                 care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Access to Reproductive Care 
and Health for Military Servicemembers Act'' or the ``MARCH for 
Military Servicemembers Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF PREVIOUS POLICY REGARDING RESTRICTION ON USE OF 
              MEDICAL FACILITIES AND FUNDS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR 
              ABORTION CARE.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 1093 of title 10, United States Code, is 
repealed.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 1093.
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