{"id":1651056,"date":"2022-09-21T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651056"},"modified":"2022-09-21T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:36:11","slug":"democrats-introduce-legislation-to-offer-military-leave-for-service-members-to-get-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-introduce-legislation-to-offer-military-leave-for-service-members-to-get-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Introduce Legislation To Offer Military Leave For Service Members To Get Abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-introduce-legislation-to-offer-military-leave-for-service-members-to-get-abortions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of House Democrats has introduced a new bill that would require the military to provide a leave of absence for service members to receive abortions, including military payment to cover out-of-state travel.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/112th-congress\/house-bill\/2085?s=1&amp;r=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a>, called the \u201cAccess to Reproductive Care for Service Members Act,\u201d was introduced to respond to requests for abortions by military members in states that have tightened abortion laws following the Supreme Court\u2019s overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade\u00a0<\/em>in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbortion access should be a right, not a privilege,\u201d Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/crow.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/reps-crow-speier-introduce-bill-to-protect-abortion-care-for-us-servicemembers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet a recent study estimated that 40 percent of servicemembers will have no or severely restricted access to abortion services where they are stationed \u2013 something they have no control over. The fallout of being denied care will be catastrophic, as is the threat to our military readiness, recruitment, morale, and unit cohesion,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation will seek to add several new aspects to how abortions are handled by the military. First, it would redefine abortion as time-sensitive, requiring a commander to approve leave automatically. In addition, the act would allow service members to request and receive leave for abortion care without specifying to a commander the nature of the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>In cases in which abortion is not legally provided in the state where the service member is stationed, the bill would require the Department of Defense to cover travel expenses similar to other \u201cnecessary\u201d healthcare travel.<\/p>\n<p>The new act would also prohibit\u00a0retaliation or adverse action from commanding officers or other service members for getting an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a co-sponsor of the legislation, argued that abortion is an issue of military preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA woman\u2019s choice to have an abortion should remain between her and her doctor \u2013 including for our servicemembers. Ensuring our troops have access to safe and reliable abortion care is both a matter of principle and troop readiness,\u201d\u00a0Crow said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my time in the Army, I served alongside talented and brave servicewomen. Their service was \u2013 and is \u2013 a huge part of what makes our military the greatest fighting force in the world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic lawmakers argue that the projected cost of travel for military personnel going out-of-state for an abortion is $1,100 or more, almost half of the monthly pay for a junior enlisted service member. Speier argued that covering the abortion-related expenses was \u201cthe least we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of House Democrats has introduced a new bill that would require the military to provide a leave of absence for service members to receive abortions, including military payment to cover out-of-state travel. The bill, called the \u201cAccess to Reproductive Care for Service Members Act,\u201d was introduced to respond to requests for abortions by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1651058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1651056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1651058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}