{"id":1977283,"date":"2023-07-19T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-briefing-for-senators-on-abortion-policy-changes-no-minds\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:23:55","slug":"pentagon-briefing-for-senators-on-abortion-policy-changes-no-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-briefing-for-senators-on-abortion-policy-changes-no-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators remain unmoved by Pentagon briefing on abortion policy changes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fpentagon-briefing-for-senators-on-abortion-policy-changes-no-minds%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=1977283&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--><h2>The Department\u200d of \u2064Defense \u2062Briefs \u2062Senate\u2062 Committee on Controversial Abortion\u2064 Policy<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2063 Department \u200bof \u200dDefense \u200crecently provided\u200d a briefing\u2062 to the\u200b Senate \u2062Armed Services Committee \u2062regarding \u200bits \u200dhighly debated\u200c abortion \u2064policy. This\u2064 policy has \u200cgarnered renewed attention\u200c due\u200d to ongoing\u200d discussions surrounding the National \u2064Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n<h3>Updated\u2063 Policies and Reimbursement \u2064for Travel \u200cExpenses<\/h3>\n<p>Following \u2062the\u200c reversal \u200bof \u2062Roe v. Wade, the Department of \u200cDefense\u2062 made revisions \u200bto \u200dits policies. \u2063One\u2064 notable change\u2062 includes\u2064 the\u2062 provision\u2064 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccaul-believes-ndaa-will-become-a-bipartisan-bill\/\" title=\"Rep. McCaul expects the NDAA to gain bipartisan support.\">service\u2063 members<\/a>\u200c or \u2063their dependents\u2064 to receive\u200c reimbursement for travel\u200b expenses \u2064incurred\u200c when seeking specific reproductive\u200d healthcare, \u200bsuch \u200cas abortions, in\u200b states \u2064where local\u200d laws\u200c restrict\u200d access.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200b policy has become\u200b particularly significant\u200d as \u2063Congress debates the National Defense \u2062Authorization Act.\u200b The House version\u2062 of the\u2062 bill,\u200c which \u2063passed with overwhelming\u200b opposition from Democrats, \u200cincludes a provision\u200d to\u2064 end this policy.<\/p>\n<h3>Statements from Senators Reed and\u200c Wicker<\/h3>\n<p>After \u2062the \u200cbriefing, Senators\u200b Jack Reed (D-RI)\u200b and Roger\u2064 Wicker (R-MS), the \u200cchairman \u2062and ranking \u200dmember of\u2063 the \u200ccommittee, \u200drespectively,\u200b released statements reaffirming their \u200csupport and opposition \u200dto\u200c the \u2064policy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2064 Defense\u200d Department laid \u200bout clear,\u200b plain\u2064 facts to\u2064 the\u200c committee.\u2062 The Department of\u200c Justice \u200bhas examined the\u200d Pentagon\u2019s policy\u2062 and found\u2064 it to\u2062 be \u200bentirely legal, consistent \u2064with\u2063 40 \u200cyears\u2062 of precedent \u2062through\u200b both Republican \u200dand\u200b Democratic administrations,&#8221; Reed \u2062said in \u200ba statement. &#8220;Every\u200b institution \u2063in\u200b this\u200b country that is responsible \u200cfor overseeing the\u2062 Pentagon \u2064has\u200b reviewed \u2062this \u2063policy, \u200cupheld\u2062 its\u2063 legality,\u2064 and \u2064disproven \u200barguments\u200d to \u2062the contrary.\u200b Presented with \u200dthese\u200c facts, \u200bonly \u200bwillful\u200c ignorance \u200bor \u200cstubborn hubris could lead one \u200dto\u200d continue to \u2064claim that this \u2062policy is\u2063 illegal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Wicker, however, focused\u200c his \u200breaction \u2063on \u200cthe \u200bpotential use\u200c of taxpayer money \u2063to\u2064 facilitate \u2062late-term \u200babortions. \u200b&#8221;There&#8217;s no question\u200b what\u2063 I just\u2062 heard. I heard officials of the \u2063Biden administration say \u2062that under this policy,\u200c taxpayer money will be \u200cused \u2063to facilitate abortions in the\u200b eighth or \u200bninth \u200bmonth of pregnancy.\u200b Under \u2062the \u200dpolicy that \u200dwas\u200c just explained \u200bby the department\u200b officials,\u2064 taxpayer\u200c money will \u200bbe used to\u2064 pay for\u200b travel to facilitate \u200dabortions that late\u200d in pregnancy,&#8221; the \u200dtop Republican explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Implications and Future \u2062Showdown<\/h3>\n<p>While\u200c the provision to overturn the \u2062policy \u2064was\u200d passed\u200c by the Republican\u200c majority\u2062 in the House,\u200b it\u2064 is \u2062unlikely \u2062to receive\u200b support\u2063 from the Democratic \u2064majority\u2063 in the \u2062Senate. \u200dThis sets \u2063the stage\u200d for a significant\u2063 showdown when both chambers \u200cmerge their bills into \u2064one.<\/p>\n<p>A RAND\u2064 study \u2063published\u2064 in September 2022\u2064 revealed \u200bthat approximately 40% \u200dof \u2063female\u200b U.S. service members \u2064lack or have\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-reconsiders-drops-program-to-pay-social-media-influencers-during-chauvin-trial\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial\">limited access<\/a> \u2064to \u2062abortion\u2063 services due\u2064 to\u2064 the Supreme \u2064Court&#8217;s \u200druling. With\u200d women comprising about one-fifth \u200dof \u2062the \u2062military, \u200dthis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-briefing-for-senators-on-abortion-policy-changes-no-minds\/\" title=\"Senators remain unmoved by Pentagon briefing on abortion policy changes.\">issue holds \u200dgreat\u2064 importance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tommy \u200cTuberville (R-AL) has utilized\u200b the\u200b DOD \u200dpolicy to \u200bdelay \u2064around\u200d 260\u2062 military \u2064promotions \u2063and \u2064nominations since\u200b February. Discussions \u200bbetween Tuberville and\u200b Secretary \u2063of Defense \u2063Lloyd\u200b Austin \u200chave \u2064taken place, but\u200c a resolution has yet\u200d to be \u200breached.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns \u2064have been raised\u200d about the \u2063impact of \u2062Tuberville&#8217;s hold\u200c on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-confronts-desantis-on-alleged-flip-flopping-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions DeSantis about Ukraine stance.\">national \u200csecurity<\/a>, \u200bwith\u200c senior military \u200bofficers expressing their\u2064 frustrations. Wicker \u2064acknowledged\u2063 these \u2064concerns\u2062 and hopes \u2062for a resolution.<\/p>\n<h3>Expanding\u200c Coverage for Fertility \u2062Treatments<\/h3>\n<p>Additionally, the\u200b policy\u2064 extends \u2064to\u2064 covering\u2064 travel expenses for individuals\u200b seeking \u200bnon-covered \u200bfertility\u2062 treatments,\u2062 such\u200d as in\u200d vitro \u200bfertilization.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d the \u2063debate continues, the\u200c future\u2062 of the Department of\u2064 Defense&#8217;s \u200dabortion policy remains uncertain. The \u2063outcome of the National Defense\u2063 Authorization Act\u2063 and \u200dthe merging of \u2062bills \u2063from \u200cboth chambers will ultimately determine\u2062 the fate of this controversial policy.<\/p>\n<p><a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click\u2064 here<\/a> \u200bto read \u200dmore \u200cfrom\u2062 The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense informed the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday regarding its abortion policy after Roe v. Wade was overturned. 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