Congress is hotly debating what the Department of Defense's policies should be regarding abortion — including seven women lawmakers who served in the military.
On one side, Reps. Anna Paulina Luna , Mariannette Miller-Meeks , and Jen Kiggans all voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act, and before that, an amendment that, if signed into law, would require the department end its current policy of reimbursing service members' or their dependents' travel expenses incurred should they need to travel out of state due to local restrictive laws for an abortion.
Sherrill said the near complete GOP support for the attaching of this amendment “was shocking to me … especially given what I was hearing from members across the aisle who I thought would vote against the amendment,” according to Talking Points Memo. "The national security implications are clear as day," Stuber continued."We must ask ourselves if women will want to join an institution that doesn’t respect their right to reproductive care, regardless of whether they choose to access that care one day. Rep. Houlahan believes that women will not want to raise their right hand as a result, which degrades our military readiness during historic recruitment challenges.
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