    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 3 (Monday, January 25, 1993)]
    [Pages 88-89]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Abortions in Military Hospitals

     January 22, 1993

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

    Subject: Privately Funded Abortions at Military Hospitals

        Section 1093 of title 10 of the United States Code prohibits the use
    of Department of Defense (``DOD'') funds to perform abortions except
    where the life of a woman would be endangered if the fetus were carried
    to term. By memoranda of December 21, 1987, and June 21, 1988, DOD has
    gone beyond what I am informed are the requirements of the statute and
    has banned all abortions at U.S. military facilities, even where the
    procedure is privately funded. This ban is unwarranted. Accordingly, I
    hereby direct that you reverse the ban immediately and permit abortion
    services to be provided, if paid for entirely with non-DOD funds and in
    accordance with other relevant DOD policies and procedures.
        You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
    the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton

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