GOP lawmakers are slamming the Pentagon for pushing a 'woke' agenda with its new abortion policy.
that this policy"not only ensures that Service members and their families are afforded time and flexibility to make personal and private health care decisions" but also"ensures Service members are able to access care regardless of where they are stationed."
Upon approval from their commanders, service members may be granted up to 21 days leave to access non-covered reproductive health care or to accompany a dual-military spouse or a dependent to access care. Service members will not be charged leave and travel and transportation expenses may also be covered by the military.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to his supporters during an election-night party on November 8, 2022, in Miami, Florida. Republican lawmakers express their outrage with the Defense Department's newest abortion policy.Such reproductive health care includes abortion, in vitro fertilization and egg retrieval. This policy now extends to non-covered abortions, which are elective procedures in which the life of the mother is not endangered nor is the pregnancy a result of rape or incest.
The DOD has also changed its privacy policy, allowing service members up to 20 weeks to notify their commanders of a pregnancy.hopes these changes will afford more flexibility to service members to make health care decisions, many Republican lawmakers are accusing the military of pushing a"woke agenda."
Representative Mike Roger, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said the military is not meant to"Our brave military is here to protect our freedom and our nation. It is not meant to advance the woke, Socialist Biden agenda, and it is certainly not meant to pay for abortion on demand. Joe Biden is a disgrace to our nation.
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