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Shame on Press TV for implying that
abortion is a useful tool to combat this EPIDEMIC of
assault on American women serving in the US military !
That's outrageous -
The solution is NOT permitting abortion in any way shape or form.
The solution is: get women out of the military where they truly DO NOT belong.
Jessica Kenyon, a former soldier and rape victim, speaks with Press TV
Fri May 27, 2011 6:20PM
A campaigner -- herself a rape victim -- for U.S. military rape victims defends bids to pass a law covering abortion costs of female army personnel who find themselves with a child after suffering a sexual assault.
"When I went to Korea, I was indecently assaulted by someone in my unit and later raped by someone in another unit," Jessica Kenyon, a former victim, told Press TV's U.S. Desk in a phone interview on Friday.
She said her suffering inspired her to help others like her who were sexually harassed within the military. This eventually led her to found a charity in 2009 after two years of campaigning for awareness.
"So I educated myself, and I documented everything that I went through mentally, physically, and I knew the policy inside out."
In an opinion piece published in ACLU earlier today (Friday), Kenyon criticized the Senate for not allowing an amendment to the defense spending bill that would cover abortion costs for assaulted female soldiers who become pregnant.
The Congress has continually prohibited the use of federal funds for abortions for decades -- only allowing exceptions in cases of heinous crimes like rape and incest. However, the armed forces, where rape is a pervasive problem, cannot make this exception.
FACTS & FIGURES
This week, Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., and five Democratic colleagues introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have changed the policy to allow abortion coverage in cases of rape. AP
The Republican-controlled House Rules Committee, as it sifted through scores of proposed amendments to the act, did not allow the Davis measure to advance to a stage where it could be debated. It issued no public explanation for the decision. AP
abortion is a useful tool to combat this EPIDEMIC of
assault on American women serving in the US military !
That's outrageous -
The solution is NOT permitting abortion in any way shape or form.
The solution is: get women out of the military where they truly DO NOT belong.
Jessica Kenyon, a former soldier and rape victim, speaks with Press TV
Fri May 27, 2011 6:20PM
A campaigner -- herself a rape victim -- for U.S. military rape victims defends bids to pass a law covering abortion costs of female army personnel who find themselves with a child after suffering a sexual assault.
"When I went to Korea, I was indecently assaulted by someone in my unit and later raped by someone in another unit," Jessica Kenyon, a former victim, told Press TV's U.S. Desk in a phone interview on Friday.
She said her suffering inspired her to help others like her who were sexually harassed within the military. This eventually led her to found a charity in 2009 after two years of campaigning for awareness.
"So I educated myself, and I documented everything that I went through mentally, physically, and I knew the policy inside out."
In an opinion piece published in ACLU earlier today (Friday), Kenyon criticized the Senate for not allowing an amendment to the defense spending bill that would cover abortion costs for assaulted female soldiers who become pregnant.
The Congress has continually prohibited the use of federal funds for abortions for decades -- only allowing exceptions in cases of heinous crimes like rape and incest. However, the armed forces, where rape is a pervasive problem, cannot make this exception.
FACTS & FIGURES
This week, Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., and five Democratic colleagues introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have changed the policy to allow abortion coverage in cases of rape. AP
The Republican-controlled House Rules Committee, as it sifted through scores of proposed amendments to the act, did not allow the Davis measure to advance to a stage where it could be debated. It issued no public explanation for the decision. AP
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