Military Could Expand Abortion Services Under New Bill Floated by Democrats

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The Defense Department would be able to fund or itself provide abortions for service members under a new bill introduced Friday by dozens of House Democrats as the country braces for a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could dramatically curb access.

Female troops must now go off base for abortions in most cases, and similar efforts to expand access have fallen short in the past. But the latest legislation comes as many states pass new restrictive laws with the expectation that the high court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade, the legal precedent that has protected abortion rights across the country for nearly 50 years.

"The fallout for our service members and their families will be catastrophic, as is the threat to our military readiness, morale and unit cohesion," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., chair of the House Armed Services Committee's military personnel subcommittee, said in a statement Friday. "Our brave service members deserve the same access to basic health care as the people they are fighting to protect."

Speier sponsored the bill alongside 81 House co-sponsors, all of them Democrats. In the other chamber of Congress, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who are all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also plan to introduce a version of the bill, according to a news release from Speier's office.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/military-could-expand-abortion-services-205116432.html

[Karma13612]

1. That's kind of them.

But, that will help a very limited number of people. I’m not saying they SHOULDN’T, by any means. But it is still disheartening that more is not being done yet.

I take it, they are are referring to states where it will be illegal off their federal military property? So this way, Service people can be covered, but ‘tough sh!t” to the poor souls who live just feet away from the bases but are not affiliated with the military.

I would like this to be a stepping stone to the Feds establishing clinics on “Federal land” for all women who need abortions and women’s healthcare. Do this in states where the State Gov has outlawed abortions, or curtailed abortions to some ridiculous deadline like conception or cardiac electrical activity.

Steaming mad about this. And also kinda discouraged that there has only been one or two days of rallies in the streets since the word got out that the “Extreme Court” is about to turn back the clock 50 years.

I went to 2 rallies and have been prepped for more, but there haven’t been any that I am aware of or have been invited to.