Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, tit. VII, subtit. D, sec. 738

RESTRICTION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES FOR ABORTIONS.

EnactedYear: 1996Length: 155 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 738. RESTRICTION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES FOR ABORTIONS. (a) In General.— Section 1093 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(a) Restriction on Use of Funds.— (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) Restriction on Use of Facilities.— No medical treatment facility or other facility of the Department of Defense may be used to perform an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.”. (b) Clerical Amendments.— (1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 1093. Performance of abortions: restrictions”. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended to read as follows: “1093. Performance of abortions: restrictions.”.