A group of roughly 75% of Senate Democrats have praised the Department of Defense's new reproductive healthcare policies while urging it to do more.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen , a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a new letter on Monday to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. She was joined by 34 of her Democratic colleagues and two independents who caucus with the party. They argued that Austin's efforts to ensure service members and spouses have access to abortion must continue due to what they described as significant national security implications in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade last year.
"We are encouraged by your new travel and transportation, and administrative leave policies in support of reproductive health care, including abortion, and we urge you to consider the availability of such care when considering the unique vulnerabilities service members face in deployments, military recruitment and retention efforts and U.S. military basing decisions," the Senate Democrats said.
"Women service members, who make up approximately 17% of active duty military, have no say in where they are stationed, even if their duty station is in a state that severely limits or restricts access to abortion or other critical reproductive health services," the letter continued."It is unacceptable that service members or their dependents should face limited or no access to abortion care simply because of where they are stationed as part of their service to the United States.
"Recruiting and retention will only be made more challenging as states continue to ban or restrict access to abortion services, sending a message that certain service members’ autonomy and ability to get the health care they need does not matter, and putting into place additional barriers and undue burdens for service members and their families," they wrote.
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