Posted on 10/20/2022 11:51:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will provide travel funds and support for troops and their dependents who seek abortions but are based in states where they are now illegal, according to a new department policy released Thursday.. The military will also increase privacy protections for those seeking care.
The order issued by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin outlines the rights and protections service members and their dependents will have regardless of where they are based, which was a key concern of troops after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
The new policy sets guidelines so that local commanders aren’t allowed to influence whether service members get access to care or create a culture where service members or their dependents do not come forward out of fear they could face repercussions. It builds on an initial reaction by the Pentagon in June, where, days after the Supreme Court decision, the Pentagon said it would continue to allow medical leave for service members who needed to travel out of state to get abortions but noted it needed to review the court ruling and subsequent state laws to see if further guidance would be necessary.
The new guidelines also direct each military base to publicly display what reproductive heath care support is available for service members and their dependents, extend the time in which a service member must report a pregnancy to commanders to 20 weeks and provide additional protections for defense health care providers who furnish abortion services.
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Uh, that would be TAX PAYERS to provide funds to the pentagon to provide funds to soldiers for abortions......
The Biden Administration wants us to believe that abortions will buy a tank of gasoline?
Abortion, transgenderism... this is what this country now fights for? The Founding Fathers who started the U.S. military in the 1770s-80s are rolling in their graves.
The Pentagon doesn’t have any funds. That money comes from the U.S. taxpayers many of whom DO NOT ENGAGE IN BABY KILLING. As for the Army, this adds a whole new meaning to the term Baby Killers.
Well if there’s one thing they’re good at, it’s killin’.
Wait a minute. Do these abortion bennies just apply to women, or can men get free abortions?
I think they’re going to poll the fetuses and decline aborting those who know they’re ‘trans’.
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