I don't disagree with you, but the military would be crossing into some unsavory territory, dictating when and where a pregnancy could occur. What if the woman claimed to be using birth control, and on the night before their deployment, that birth control failed? Additionally, taking the mother away from babies and young children at ANY time is cruel and anti-family.
Of course, this is not about equality in Obama's eyes. This is just another 100-pound weight to strap onto the camel's back, waiting for it to collapse completly.
Within 30 days of deployment or during deployment it is within their control to NOT become pregnant. It is their RESPONSIBILITY, just as it is the responsibility of deploying males not to take actions that would disable them or preclude them from deployment as well as actions during the deployment such as shooting themselves in the foot or contracting venereal diseases that would take them off the line.
Taking the mother away from the baby! Why is that ANY different than taking the father away? Enlisting, choosing a combat career field or choosing any field that might potentially put you in a combat situation is a fully informed decision that each should be making. Make your choice; stay at home motherhood or a military career that might separate you from the child. Men have been doing this for a long time; isn’t that cruel and anti-family? Want equality? Then take responsibility and live with the same rules. Equality means just that.