Word: incest
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...pending abortion rights bill in Congress was heavy last week. Watching TV the other night, I was struck by a phrase used in a network report: "forcible rape." The report stated that Democrats were pushing hard for a bill guaranteeing Medicaid funding for abortions for victims of rape and incest, while Republicans were seeking a compromise to which the Democrats would not concede--abortions only for "forcible rape...
...opposes federal funding of abortions for poor women who are victims of rape and incest but holds out hopes for a congressional compromise that would "avoid a veto on my part." He said he would "see if there is room for flexibility" when Senate and House negotiators work out a compromise version of a bill that now would allow such federal payments...
Yard said the pro-choice movement had won a major victory this week with a House of Representatives vote to allow federally funded abortions in cases of rape, incest and possible harm to the woman...
WASHINGTON--The House agreed yesterday to allow federally paid abortions for poor women who are victims of rape or incest, reversing nearly a decade of more restrictive votes and inviting a veto from President Bush...
...provision agreed to by the House would allow Medicaid payments for abortions when the mother's life is in jeopardy or when the pregnancy resulted from a rape or incest that was "promptly" reported to authorities. Since 1981--and as recently as Aug. 2--the House has voted for language limiting federal aid to abortions in cases in which the woman's life was in danger...