Wed Jun 8, 2022 – 4:45 pm EDTWed Jun 8, 2022 – 12:38 pm EDT
(Live Action) – A new bill introduced in the House would allow for the government funding of abortion in the military by having the Department of Defense pay for abortions, and would also allow abortions to be committed on base. Currently, federal law prevents Tricare, the health insurance provided to service members and their families, from covering abortion.
Introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier – who has compared abortion to wisdom tooth removal and who claims she had a second trimester abortion that actually sounds like a natural miscarriage – H.R.2085, or the Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health (MARCH) for Military Women Act, amends the ban on using Department of Defense funding on committing abortions and allows abortions to be committed on base.
Speier, who serves as chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s military personnel subcommittee, sponsored the bill, along with 81 House co-sponsors.
Military.com reported that Kirsten Gillibrand, Jeanne Shaheen, and Richard Blumenthal, all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are planning to introduce a similar bill in the Senate.
“If Roe is overturned, abortion will quickly become illegal in 26 states,” Speier claimed in a statement.
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