If military covers abortion after rape, why not the Peace Corps?

April 30, 2013

Lautenberg introduced a bill Thursday called the Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013, which echoes the law that extended the coverage for military women, the Shaheen Amendment. The new bill, also co-sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), would overturn a 1979 appropriations bill that banned the Peace Corps from offering this benefit [abortion coverage in the case of rape or incest] in its federal health plan. (NPR)