Senate Democrats ask military to protect abortion access for service members

Democrats Ask Pentagon to 'Protect Abortion' for Service Members, Citing National Security

Senate Democrats on March 27 asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to “protect abortion” for U.S. military service members. In a March 27 letter written by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and co-signed by most of the Senate Democrat caucus, Democrats suggested that women in the military having access to abortion was a matter of national security (pdf). In 2022, the Supreme Court struck down the decades-long precedent of Roe v. Wade, which placed …

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Senate Democrats ask military to protect abortion access for service members

Three quarters of the Senate’s Democrats sent a letter to Defense Secretary Austin Monday urging him to protect access to abortion for service members and families.