[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E949]
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      THE HARMON/LOWEY AMENDMENT TO THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

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                           HON. JENNIFER DUNN

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 1998

  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, this chamber voted on an amendment, 
offered by Reps. Jane Harman and Nita Lowey, to the Defense 
Authorization bill which would have repealed a provision of law that 
prohibits women from using their personal funds to obtain abortions in 
U.S. military hospitals overseas.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a long-standing record of supporting such 
amendments to overturn the present prohibition on privately-funded 
abortions on U.S. bases in foreign countries. I believe that U.S. 
servicewomen abroad should be given the same options as women who live 
in the United States.
  As such, I would like the record to reflect that I had intended to 
vote ``yes'' on the Harman/Lowey amendment.

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